High-fat diets and seizure control in myoclonic-astatic epilepsy: A single center's experience

Seizure

Volumn 25, Issue , 2015, Pages 184-186

  Simard Tremblay, Elisabeth ^a   Berry, Patricia ^a   Owens, Aaron ^b   Cook, William Byron ^a   Sittner, Haley R ^a   Mazzanti, Marta ^b   Huber, Jennifer ^a   Warner, Molly ^a,b   Shurtleff, Hillary ^a,b   Saneto, Russell P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atkins; Diet; Doose syndrome; Ketogenic; Modified; Myoclonic atonic seizures; SLC2A1

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; LIPID DIET; MALE; MODIFIED ATKINS DIET; MYOCLONIC ASTATIC EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; GENETICS; INFANT; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURES;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIET, HIGH-FAT; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84923265038     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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