Ketogenic Diet as Preferred Treatment of FIRES

John J Millichap; J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-1-2

Ketogenic Diet as Preferred Treatment of FIRES

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 29 (2015): Issue 1

By: John J Millichap and J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Jan 2015

Abstract

Investigators from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, report 2 children who presented with FIRES and prolonged AED-resistant status epilepticus.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-1-2 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 3 - 3

Submitted on: Dec 15, 2014

Accepted on: Dec 25, 2014

Published on: Jan 1, 2015

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Epilepsy,

Ketogenic diet,

Encephalitis

© 2015 John J Millichap, J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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