Use of the modified Atkins diet in infantile spasms refractory to first-line treatment

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-48

  Sharma, Suvasini ^a,b   Sankhyan, Naveen ^a,c   Gulati, Sheffali ^a   Agarwala, Anuja ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Dietary therapy; Epileptic encephalopathy; Ketogenic diet; Refractory epilepsy; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; ATKIN DIET; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DIET THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 84355162201     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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