Open AccessKetogenic Diet in Epileptic Encephalopathies
Author(s) -
Suvasini Sharma,
Manjari Tripathi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
epilepsy research and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-1356
pISSN - 2090-1348
DOI - 10.1155/2013/652052
Subject(s) - ketogenic diet , dravet syndrome , medicine , epilepsy , pediatrics , lennox–gastaut syndrome , refractory (planetary science) , psychiatry , physics , astrobiology
The ketogenic diet is a medically supervised high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that has been found useful in patients with refractory epilepsy. It has been shown to be effective in treating multiple seizure types and epilepsy syndromes. In this paper, we review the use of the ketogenic diet in epileptic encephalopathies such as Ohtahara syndrome, West syndrome, Dravet syndrome, epilepsy with myoclonic atonic seizures, and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
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