Ketogenic diet treatment in adults with refractory epilepsy: A prospective pilot study

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-33

  Mosek, Amnon ^a   Natour, Haitham ^a   Neufeld, Miri Y ^b,c   Shiff, Yaffa ^a   Vaisman, Nachum ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b EEG   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Ketogenic diet; Refractory

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; FAT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; KETONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUNGER; KETOGENIC DIET; KETONURIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; KIDNEY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57549095804     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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