The ketogenic diet for Dravet syndrome and other epileptic encephalopathies: An Italian consensus

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 83-89

  Veggiotti, Pierangelo ^a   Burlina, Alberto ^b   Coppola, Giangennaro ^c   Cusmai, Raffaella ^d   De Giorgis, Valentina ^a   Guerrini, Renzo ^e   Tagliabue, Anna ^f   Bernardina, Bernardo Dalla ^g  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical management; Drug resistant epilepsy; Ketogenic diet

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CITRATE POTASSIUM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONSENSUS; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FOLLOW UP; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 5; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; INFANTILE SPASM; ITALY; KETOACIDOSIS; KETOGENIC DIET; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MYOCLONIC ASTATIC EPILEPSY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX DEFICIENCY; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; VOMITING;

BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; CONSENSUS; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; KETOGENIC DIET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SYNDROME;

EID: 79953723214     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03010.x     Document Type: Article

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