Ketogenic Diet in Treatment of Epileptic Aphasia

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-12-11

Ketogenic Diet in Treatment of Epileptic Aphasia

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 13 (1999): Issue 12

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Dec 1999

Abstract

Three children, ages 9, 12 and 14 years, with acquired epileptic aphasia refractory to treatment with antiepileptic drugs, ACTH and prednisone, responded to the ketogenic diet for 12 to 26 months, in a trial at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, PA.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-12-11 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 95 - 96

Published on: Dec 1, 1999

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Epileptic Aphasia,

Ketogenic Diet,

Lessening of Seizures

© 1999 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 13 (1999): Issue 12