Long-term follow-up of the ketogenic diet for refractory epilepsy: Multicenter Argentinean experience in 216 pediatric patients

Seizure

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 640-645

  Caraballo, Roberto ^a   Vaccarezza, María ^c   Cersósimo, Ricardo ^a   Rios, Viviana ^b   Soraru, Alejandra ^a   Arroyo, Hugo ^a   Agosta, Guillermo ^c   Escobal, Nidia ^a   Demartini, Martha ^b   Maxit, Clarisa ^c   Cresta, Araceli ^a   Marchione, Delfina ^c   Carniello, María ^b   Paníco, Luis ^b  

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

^b Centro de Neurociencias Del Litoral   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Epileptic syndromes; Ketogenic diet; Outcome; Pediatric patients; Refractory; Seizure free

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; TOPIRAMATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCALCIURIA; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPOCARNITINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INFECTION; KETOGENIC DIET; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LEUKOPENIA; LONG QT SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MYOCLONIC ASTATIC EPILEPSY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OBTUNDATION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEST SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ARGENTINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052477652     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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