Ketogenic diet for the treatment of refractory epilepsy: a 10 year experience in children Avaliação da dieta cetogênica no tratamento da epilepsia refratária em crianças: 10 anos de experiência

Ketogenic diet (KD) is a high fat and low carbohydrate diet, which controls refractory epilepsy. We analyzed the KD effects on 54 children of the Children's Institute of the University of São Paulo. Efficacy, tolerability, and adverse effects were studied. Response to KD was effective (E) if se...

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Main Authors: Alessandra Freitas, José Albino da Paz, Erasmo Barbante Casella, Maria Joaquina Marques-Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2007-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2007000300003
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