Ketogenic Diet in Infants with Refractory Epilepsy

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-15-7-3

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Ketogenic Diet in Infants with Refractory Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 15 (2001): Issue 7

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Jul 2001

Abstract

The effectiveness, tolerability, and adverse effects of the ketogenic diet were reviewed retrospectively in 31 infants (18 male; 13 female) with refractory epilepsy treated at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.

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