Case report of pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency with unusual increase of fats during ketogenic diet treatment

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1593-1596

  Pisa, Veronica Di ^a   Cecconi, Ilaria ^a   Gentile, Valentina ^a   Pietro, Elena Di ^a   Marchiani, Valentina ^a   Verrotti, Alberto ^b   Franzoni, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

cholesterol; fats; ketogenic diet; pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency; triglycerides

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOTROPIN; ETIRACETAM; LACTIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; LYSINE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OXCARBAZEPINE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRUVIC ACID; TOPIRAMATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CALORIC INTAKE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INFANTILE SPASM; KETOGENIC DIET; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYELINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; SKIN BIOPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WEIGHT GAIN; WHITE MATTER;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEROL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX DEFICIENCY DISEASE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84870201223     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073812436424     Document Type: Article

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