Ketogenic Diet in Epileptic Encephalopathies
The ketogenic diet is a medically supervised high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that has been found useful in patients with refractory epilepsy. It has been shown to be effective in treating multiple seizure types and epilepsy syndromes. In this paper, we review the use of the ketogenic diet in epilept...
Main Authors: | Sharma, Suvasini, Tripathi, Manjari |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2013
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3723152/ |
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