Ketogenic diet

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 108, Issue , 2012, Pages 783-793

  Caraballo, Roberto H ^a   Vining, Eileen ^b  

^a Hospital de Pediatria SAMIC Prof Dr Juan P Garrahan   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET THERAPY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 84865606030     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52899-5.00027-7     Document Type: Chapter

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