Ketogenic diet treatment for pediatric super-refractory status epilepticus
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Ketogenic diet treatment for pediatric super-refractory status epilepticus
PURPOSE We aimed to study whether ketogenic diet (KD) therapy leads to resolution of super-refractory status epilepticus in pediatric patients without significant harm. METHOD A retrospective review was performed at Phoenix Children's Hospital on patients with super-refractory status epilepticus undergoing ketogenic diet therapy from 2011 to 2015. RESULTS Ten children with super-refractory ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2016.07.006