Efficacy of the classic ketogenic and the modified Atkins diets in refractory childhood epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 51-58

  Kim, Jeong A ^a   Yoon, Jung Rim ^a   Lee, Eun Joo ^a   Lee, Joon Soo ^a   Kim, Jeong Tae ^a   Kim, Heung Dong ^a   Kang, Hoon Chul ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETONE BODY;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; KETONE BODIES; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84954075191     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.13256     Document Type: Article

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