Blood beta-hydroxybutyrate correlates better with seizure reduction due to ketogenic diet than do ketones in the urine

Seizure

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-39

  van Delft, Renske ^a   Lambrechts, Danielle ^a   Verschuure, Pauline ^a   Hulsman, Jacques ^a   Majoie, Marian ^a,b  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beta hydroxybutyrate; Efficacy; Ketogenic diet; Ketosis; Parameter

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; KETONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KETOACIDOSIS; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; URINE; URINE LEVEL;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; KETONES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73749084917     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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