Dietary treatment in adults with refractory epilepsy: A review

Neurology

Volumn 83, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 1978-1985

  Klein, Pavel ^a   Tyrlikova, Ivana ^a   Mathews, Gregory C ^a  

^a Mid Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ATKINS DIET; BLOATING; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; ECCHYMOSIS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAT INTAKE; FLATULENCE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; KETOGENIC DIET; LEG SWELLING; LETHARGY; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OBESITY; OSTEOPENIA; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REVIEW; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; KETOGENIC DIET; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922481455     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001004     Document Type: Review

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