Ten-year single-center experience of the ketogenic diet: Factors influencing efficacy, tolerability, and compliance

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1030-1036.e1

  Wibisono, Cinthya ^a   Rowe, Natalie ^b   Beavis, Erin ^c   Kepreotes, Helen ^b   Mackie, Fiona E ^c,d   Lawson, John A ^c,d   Cardamone, Michael ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Department of Dietetics and Nutrition ^*  (Australia)

^c SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CITRATE POTASSIUM; FISH OIL; IRON; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERCALCIURIA; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRRITABILITY; KETOGENIC DIET; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LETHARGY; MALE; MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL DIET; MODIFIED ATKINS DIET; MYOCLONIC ASTATIC EPILEPSY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; DIET THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930428581     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.12.018     Document Type: Article

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