Will seizure control improve by switching from the modified Atkins diet to the traditional ketogenic diet?

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2496-2499

  Kossoff, Eric H ^a   Bosarge, Jennifer L ^a   Miranda, Maria J ^b   Wiemer Kruel, Adelheid ^c   Kang, Hoon Chul ^d   Kim, Heung Dong ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DANISH EPILEPSY CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c Epilepsiezentruk Kork ^*  (Germany)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Doose; Epilepsy; Intractable; Ketogenic; Modified Atkins; Myoclonic astatic

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLOBAZAM; CLORAZEPATE; TOPIRAMATE; ZONISAMIDE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; KETOACIDOSIS; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; MODIFIED ATKINS DIET; MYOCLONIC ASTATIC EPILEPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; KETOSIS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650031127     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02774.x     Document Type: Article

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