Adjunct Therapy with Ketogenic Diet to Infant Bacterial Meningitis
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Neutropenia responsive to ketogenic diet in an infant with GLUT1 deficiency syndrome
Glucose transporter 1 deficiency syndrome (GLUT1-DS1) is a rare and complex congenital metabolic encephalopathy characterized by infantile seizures, movement disorder, delayed development and acquired microcephaly. GLUT1-DS1 is most often caused by a de novo heterozygous mutation of the gene encoding the GLUT1 transporter, SLC2A1. We present an otherwise classical case of GLUT1-DS1 presenting a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pregnancy and Child Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2376-127X
DOI: 10.4172/2376-127x.1000267