The relationship of ketosis and growth to the efficacy of the ketogenic diet in infantile spasms

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 172-175

  Numis, Adam L ^a   Yellen, Margaret B ^a   Chu Shore, Catherine J ^a   Pfeifer, Heidi H ^a   Thiele, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Ketogenic diet; Ketone bodies; Refractory epilepsy; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOSE; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; KETOACIDOSIS; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 80052832782     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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