Efficacy and tolerability of the Modified Atkins Diet in adults with pharmacoresistant epilepsy: A prospective observational study

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 775-780

  Smith, Mara ^a,b   Politzer, Nina ^b   MacGarvie, Debra ^c   McAndrews, Mary Pat ^c   Del Campo, Martin ^b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Modified Atkins Diet; Pharmacoresistant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATKINS DIET; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953699932     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02941.x     Document Type: Article

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