The ketogenic diet can be used successfully in combination with corticosteroids for epileptic encephalopathies

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-65

  Ville, Dorothée ^a   Chiron, Catherine ^b,c,e   Laschet, Jacques ^b,e   Dulac, Olivier ^b,d,e  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^e FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy with CSWS; Epileptic encephalopathy; Ketogenic diet; Steroid; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; KETONE BODY; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY WITH CONTINUOUS SPIKE WAVES IN SLOW SLEEP; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; KETOGENIC DIET; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURES; SLEEP; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SLEEP; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84936941946     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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