Ketogenic diet effects on cognition, mood, and psychosocial adjustment in children

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-108

  Lambrechts, D A J E ^a   Bovens, M J M ^a,b   De la Parra, N M ^a   Hendriksen, J G M ^a   Aldenkamp, A P ^a,b,c   Majoie, M J M ^a,b,c  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Cognition; Epilepsy; Hostility; Ketogenic diet; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; DISEASE CONTROL; FAT INTAKE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; MOOD; MOOD CHANGE; MOOD DISORDER; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THERAPY EFFECT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CHILD; COGNITION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84872664641     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2012.01686.x     Document Type: Article

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