Efficacy of the ketogenic diet: Which epilepsies respond?

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Thammongkol, Sasipa ^a,b   Vears, Danya F ^c   Bicknell Royle, Jillian ^a   Nation, Judy ^a   Draffin, Kellie ^d   Stewart, Karen G ^d   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^c,d,e   MacKay, Mark T ^a,f  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRASAT NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^e FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^f MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Etiology; Ketogenic diet; Refractory; Seizure; Side effects; Syndrome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; PROTEIN;

AGYRIA; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; KETOGENIC DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857646301     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03394.x     Document Type: Article

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