Concurrent Anticonvulsant/Ketogenic Diet Efficacy

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-23-9-5

Concurrent Anticonvulsant/Ketogenic Diet Efficacy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 23 (2009): Issue 9

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Sep 2009

Abstract

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, studied retrospectively the comparative efficacy of six most frequently used anticonvulsants when employed in combination with the ketogenic diet (KD) for treatment of 115 children with epilepsy.

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Millichap JG Jones JD Rudis BP Mechanism of Anticonvulsant Action of Ketogenic Diet. Studies in Animals with Experimental Seizures and in Children with Petit Mal Epilepsy Am J Dis Children 1964 Jun 107 593 604 10.1001/archpedi.1964.02080060595008 14133819
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-23-9-5 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 68 - 69

Published on: Sep 1, 2009

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Ketogenic Diet,

Anticonvulsant/KD Combination,

Metabolic Acidosis

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Volume 23 (2009): Issue 9