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Ketogenic diet for epilepsy treatment.
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 neurologists are not familiar with this therapeutic approach. In the past few years, alternative and more f...
متن کاملKetogenic diet for treatment of epilepsy.
QUESTION Families of children with epilepsy now ask about the ketogenic diet at clinic visits. Is it effective and safe to use for treatment of epilepsy? ANSWER The ketogenic diet can be considered an option for children with intractable epilepsy who use multiple antiepileptic drugs. It is a treatment of choice for seizures associated with glucose transporter protein deficiency syndrome (ie, ...
متن کامل[Ketogenic diet for the treatment of refractory epilepsy].
OBJECTIVES To systematically review and synthesize the available evidence on the efficacy of the ketogenic diet in reducing seizure frequency for children with refractory epilepsy. DATA SOURCES Medline searches were performed using the keywords epilepsy/therapy, dietary therapy, and epilepsy, and the text word ketogenic diet. The Cochrane Library of clinical trials was searched using the term...
متن کاملIs ketogenic diet treatment hepatotoxic for children with intractable epilepsy?
PURPOSE Long-term ketogenic diet (KD) treatment has been shown to induce liver steatosis and gallstone formation in some in vivo and clinical studies. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the hepatic side effects of KD in epileptic children. METHOD A total of 141 patients (mean age: 7.1±4.1years [2-18 years], 45.4% girls), receiving KD at least one year for intractable epilepsy...
متن کاملKetogenic Diet as a Treatment for Refractory Epilepsy
Recent advances in the understanding of the causes of epilepsy have resulted in an increased interest in treatment of this disorder in the past 30 years. With the introduction of more effective anti-epileptic drugs (AED), and genetic, molecular and imaging innovations, epilepsy can be treated effectively in the majority of cases. Although dietary therapy as a means to treat epilepsy has become ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282x20160116