The ketogenic diet in two paediatric patients with refractory myoclonic status epilepticus

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 491-495

  Caraballo, Roberto Horacio ^a   Valenzuela, Gabriela Reyes ^a   Armeno, Marisa ^a   Fortini, Sebastian ^a   Mestre, Graciela ^a   Cresta, Araceli ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ketogenic diet; Myoclonias; Seizures; Status epilepticus; Super refractory

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CORTICOSTEROID; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; MIDAZOLAM; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KETOACIDOSIS; KETOGENIC DIET; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; SNC1A GENE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BRAIN; DIET THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84953402476     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2015.0781     Document Type: Article

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