Danish study of a Modified Atkins diet for medically intractable epilepsy in children: Can we achieve the same results as with the classical ketogenic diet?

Seizure

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-155

  Miranda, Maria J ^a,b   Mortensen, Mette ^a   Povlsen, Jane H ^a   Nielsen, Helle ^a   Beniczky, Sándor ^a,c  

^a DANISH EPILEPSY CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Comparison; Ketogenic diet; Medically intractable epilepsy; Modified Atkins diet

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DENMARK; DISEASE CONTROL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KETOACIDOSIS; KETOGENIC DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED ATKINS DIET; NUTRITIONAL TOLERANCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURES;

EID: 79551610021     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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