The ketogenic diet in treatment of two adults with prolonged nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1083-1085

  Wusthoff, Courtney J ^a,b   Kranick, Sarah M ^a   Morley, James F ^a   Bergqvist, A G Christina ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ketogenic diet; Refractory status epilepticus; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIET THERAPY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954654924     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02388.x     Document Type: Article

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