Can an early 24-hour EEG predict the response to the ketogenic diet? A prospective study in 34 children and adults with refractory epilepsy treated with the ketogenic diet

Seizure

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 468-474

  Ebus, Saskia C M ^a   Lambrechts, Danielle A J E ^a   Herraets, Ingrid J T ^a   Majoie, Marian J M ^a,b   De Louw, Anton J ^a   Boon, Paul J ^a,d   Aldenkamp, Albert P ^a,b,c   Arends, Johan B ^a,e  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adults; Children; EEG; Epilepsy; Interictal epileptic discharges; Ketogenic diet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERICTAL EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE INDEX; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SLEEP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WAKEFULNESS; BRAIN; DIET THERAPY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901922232     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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