Risk of seizure recurrence after achieving initial seizure freedom on the ketogenic diet

Epilepsia

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 579-583

  Taub, Katherine S ^a   Kessler, Sudha Kilaru ^a   Bergqvist, A G Christina ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Ketogenic diet; Medication resistant epilepsy; Seizure freedom

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONIC ASTATIC EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SEIZURE FREEDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEIZURES; TRENDS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEIZURES;

EID: 84899051589     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12583     Document Type: Article

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