Infantile Spasms Treated with the Ketogenic Diet

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-24-10-9

Infantile Spasms Treated with the Ketogenic Diet

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 24 (2010): Issue 10

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Oct 2010

Abstract

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD have evaluated the efficacy of the ketogenic diet in the treatment of 104 consecutive infants with infantile spasms (IS) and hypsarrhythmia on EEG.

References

Hong AM Turner Z Hamdy RF Kossoff EH Infantile spasms treated with the ketogenic diet: prospective single-center experience in 104 consecutive infants Epilepsia 2010 Aug 51 8 1403 7 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02586.x 20477843
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Nordli DR Jr Kuroda MM Carroll J Koenigsberger DY Hirsch LJ Bruner HJ Experience with the ketogenic diet in infants Pediatrics 2001 Jul 108 1 129 33 11433065
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-24-10-9 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 79 - 80

Published on: Oct 1, 2010

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Infantile Spasms,

Corticosteroids,

Seizure Frequency

© 2010 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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