Various indications for a modified Atkins diet in intractable childhood epilepsy

Brain and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 570-575

  Kim, Yoon Mi ^a   Vaidya, Varsha Viranchi ^a   Khusainov, Timur ^b   Kim, Heung Dong ^a   Kim, Shin Hye ^a   Lee, Eun Joo ^a   Lee, Young Mock ^c   Lee, Joon Soo ^a   Kang, Hoon Chul ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b TASHKENT PEDIATRIC MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (Uzbekistan)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Intractable childhood epilepsy; Modified Atkins diet

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; KETONE; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; TOPIRAMATE; UBIDECARENONE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCIURIA; HYPERURICOSURIA; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KETOGENIC DIET; LEIGH DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MODIFIED ATKINS DIET; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863594507     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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