The modified Atkins diet for intractable epilepsy may be associated with late-onset egg-induced anaphylactic reaction: A case report

Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 380-382

  Levy, Yael ^a,b   Peleg Weiss, Lilach ^a   Goldberg Stern, Hadassa ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Egg; Epilepsy; Modified Atkins diet

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ALLERGY TEST; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CYANOSIS; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EGG ALLERGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KETOGENIC DIET; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID DIET; MALE; MODIFIED ATKINS DIET; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; URTICARIA; WHEEZING;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ASTHMA; CHILD; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; EGGS; EPILEPSY; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE;

EID: 79951541754     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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