Efficacy and tolerability of modified Atkins diet in Japanese children with medication-resistant epilepsy

Brain and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-38

  Kumada, Tomohiro ^a   Miyajima, Tomoko ^a   Oda, Nozomi ^a   Shimomura, Hideki ^a   Saito, Keiko ^a   Fujii, Tatsuya ^a  

^a Shiga Medical Center for Children   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Japan; Ketogenic diet; Modified Atkins diet

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; CARNITINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; JAPAN; JAPANESE; KETOGENIC DIET; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MODIFIED ATKINS DIET; MYOCLONIC ASTATIC EPILEPSY; NONCONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATIC GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; SYMPTOMATIC LOCALIZATION RELATED EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEIZURES;

EID: 83955162969     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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