Is ketogenic diet truly effective in mitochondrial epilepsy?

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Finsterer, Josef ^a   Kothari, Sonam ^b  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARNITINE; FOLIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; UBIQUINONE; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; MELAS SYNDROME; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; MELAS SYNDROME;

EID: 84904871408     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.05.007     Document Type: Letter

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