The ketogenic diet improves recently worsened focal epilepsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 276-281

  Villeneuve, Nathalie ^a   Pinton, Florence ^b   Bahi buisson, Nadia ^c   Dulac, Olivier ^c   Chiron, Catherine ^c   Nabbout, Rima ^c,d  

^a Henri Gastaut Hospital (CINAPSE)   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; STIRIPENTOL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63049106604     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.03216.x     Document Type: Article

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