Melas, Stroke-Like Episodes and Ketogenic Diet

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-6-5

Melas, Stroke-Like Episodes and Ketogenic Diet

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 28 (2014): Issue 6

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Jun 2014

Abstract

Investigators at University of Toronto and McMaster University, Canada, report a 22-year-old woman with multiple episodes of status epilepticus and migratory cortical stroke-like lesions.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-6-5 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 45 - 46

Published on: Jun 1, 2014

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Seizure,

Sickle Cell Disease,

Elevated Platelets

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