Nonpharmacologic care for patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: Ketogenic diets and vagus nerve stimulation

Epilepsia

Volumn 55, Issue s4, 2014, Pages 29-33

  Kossoff, Eric H W ^a   Shields, W Donald ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adequate protein; Adjunctive therapy; Central nervous system; Electric stimuli; High fat

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET THERAPY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KETOGENIC DIET; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LIPID DIET; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; PATIENT CARE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; PROCEDURES;

HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84908054852     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12546     Document Type: Article

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