Modified Atkins diet may reduce serum concentrations of antiepileptic drugs

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 187-190

  Kverneland, M ^a   Tauboll E ^a   Selmer, K K ^a   Iversen, P O ^a,b   Nakken, K O ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Ketogenic diet; Modified Atkins diet; Refractory epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; LAMOTRIGINE; NITRAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; CASE REPORT; DIET THERAPY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODIFIED ATKINS DIET; SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPILEPSY; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84938546804     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ane.12330     Document Type: Article

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