Effects of ketogenic diet on the clinical and electroencephalographic features of children with drug therapy-resistant epilepsy

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 611-615

  Li, Baomin ^a   Tong, Lili ^a   Jia, Guijuan ^a   Sun, Ruopeng ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Electroencephalogram; Epilepsy; Ketogenic diet; Refractory

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; KETOGENIC DIET; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MYOCLONIC ASTATIC EPILEPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84871352306     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2012.823     Document Type: Article

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