E-mail management of the modified Atkins diet for adults with epilepsy is feasible and effective

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 728-732

  Cervenka, Mackenzie C ^a   Terao, Natalie N ^a   Bosarge, Jennifer L ^a   Henry, Bobbie J ^a   Klees, Angela A ^a   Morrison, Peter F ^a   Kossoff, Eric H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Atkins; Diet; Epilepsy; Ketogenic; Seizure; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET THERAPY; E-MAIL; EPILEPSY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KETOACIDOSIS; MALE; MODIFIED ATKINS DIET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRONIC MAIL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859429344     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03406.x     Document Type: Article

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