Dietary and medication adjustments to improve seizure control in patients treated with the ketogenic diet

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-57

  Selter, Jessica H ^a   Turner, Zahava ^b   Doerrer, Sarah C ^a   Kossoff, Eric H ^a  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Diet; Epilepsy; Ketogenic; Ketosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARNITINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; FELBAMATE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISOLONE; RUFINAMIDE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIET THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SEIZURES; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927671899     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073814535498     Document Type: Article

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