Ketogenic diet for epilepsy treatment

ABSTRACT The ketogenic diet (KD), a high-fat, low-carbohydrate, and adequate-protein diet is an established, effective nonpharmacologic treatment option for intractable childhood epilepsy. The KD was developed in 1921 and even though it has been increasingly used worldwide in the past decade, many n...

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Main Author: Letícia Pereira de Brito Sampaio
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
ketogenic diet
epilepsy
glycemic index
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2016001000842&lng=en&tlng=en
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