The ketogenic diet as an effective treatment for Ohtahara syndrome

No To Hattatsu

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-50

  Ishii, Masahiro ^a   Shimono, Masayuki ^a   Senju, Ayako ^a   Kusuhara, Koichi ^a   Shiota, Naoki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UBE INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOTROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PROTIRELIN; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIET THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; OHTAHARA SYNDROME; SYNDROME; TONIC SEIZURE;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; SYNDROME;

EID: 79551576916     PISSN: 00290831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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