Nonpharmacologic treatments of Dravet syndrome: Focus on the ketogenic diet

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 79-82

  Caraballo, Roberto Horacio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dravet syndrome; Ketogenic diet; Refractory epilepsy; Seizures; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 79953691477     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03009.x     Document Type: Article

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