Ketogenic dietary therapies for adults with epilepsy: Feasibility and classification of response

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 77-81

  Schoeler, Natasha E ^a,b   Wood, Susan ^c   Aldridge, Valerie ^c   Sander, Josemir W ^a,d,e   Cross, J Helen ^b,f   Sisodiya, Sanjay M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Matthew's Friends Charity and Clinics   (United Kingdom)

^d STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^e EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^f YOUNG EPILEPSY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High fat diet; Low carbohydrate diet; Older people; Response

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; LETHARGY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE; THIRST; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; THERAPY EFFECT; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903899255     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.06.007     Document Type: Article

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