Dietary treatment of intractable epilepsy

CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 756-766

  Cervenka, Mackenzie C ^a   Kossoff, Eric H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; CITRATE POTASSIUM; CITRATE SODIUM; CITRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MACROGOL; MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL; MULTIVITAMIN; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; ZINC;

ACIDOSIS; ALKALINIZATION; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIE; CONSTIPATION; COUNSELING; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; FAT INTAKE; FIBER; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HAIR LOSS; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KETOGENIC DIET; LIQUID; LITHOTRIPSY; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84880166116     PISSN: 10802371     EISSN: 15386899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.CON.0000431396.23852.56     Document Type: Review

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