Sudden Cardiac Death in Association With the Ketogenic Diet

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 429-431

  Bank, Ilana M ^a   Shemie, Sam D ^a   Rosenblatt, Bernard ^a   Bernard, Chantal ^a   Mackie, Andrew S ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SUDDEN DEATH; TORSADE DES POINTES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE;

EID: 56249116263     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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