Ketosis and the Ketogenic Diet, 2010: Advances in Treating Epilepsy and Other Disorders

Advances in Pediatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 315-329

  Freeman, John M ^a   Kossoff, Eric H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KETOACIDOSIS; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; KETOSIS; MALE; PAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78149405081     PISSN: 00653101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yapd.2010.08.003     Document Type: Review

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