Initiating and Maintaining the Ketogenic Diet in Breastfed Infants

ICAN: Infant, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-180

  Cole, Nancy W ^a   Pfeifer, Heidi H ^a   Thiele, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

breast milk; breastfeeding; ketogenic diet; pediatric epilepsy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998183663     PISSN: 19414064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941406410372254     Document Type: Article

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