Long-term impact of the ketogenic diet on growth and resting energy expenditure in children with intractable epilepsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 898-904

  Groleau, Veronique ^a,b   Schall, Joan I ^b   Stallings, Virginia A ^b,c   Bergqvist, Christina A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECELERATION; FAT FREE MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KETOGENIC DIET; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; RESTING ENERGY EXPENDITURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REST; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905739675     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12462     Document Type: Article

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