Modified Atkins diet to children and adolescents with medical intractable epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 237-240

  Weber, Susanne ^a,b   Mølgaard, Christian ^b   KarenTaudorf, ^c   Uldall, Peter ^a,d  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Dianalund Epilepsy Hospital   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atkins diet; Efficacy; Epilepsy; Ketogenic diet; Tolerability

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 63249112304     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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