Ketogenic diet in infantile spasms: Time for new perspectives

Future Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 653-656

  Auvin, Stéphane ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; KETOGENIC DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOTE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77957150840     PISSN: 14796708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fnl.10.45     Document Type: Note

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