Dietary treatments for epilepsy: Management guidelines for the general practitioner

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-121

  Lee, Paul R ^a   Kossoff, Eric H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Emergencies; Epilepsy; Ketosis; Management; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BICARBONATE; CITRIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INFUSION FLUID; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PROMETHAZINE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACIDOSIS; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASTHMA; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; DYSURIA; EGG ALLERGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; ESOPHAGITIS; FANCONI RENOTUBULAR SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FLANK PAIN; FLUID INTAKE; FRACTURE; GALLSTONE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMATURIA; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; KETOACIDOSIS; KETOGENIC DIET; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; LOW FAT DIET; LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX TREATMENT; MALNUTRITION; MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDE DIET; MODIFIED ATKINS DIET; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; ORANGE JUICE; PANCREATITIS; PORPHYRIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE DEFICIENCY; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SKIN BRUISING; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DIET; EPILEPSY; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS;

EID: 79958704598     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.03.008     Document Type: Review

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