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USE OF KETOGENIC DIET IN EPILEPSY IN CHILDHOOD *
Author(s) -
HOPKINS I. J.,
LYNCH BETTY C.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1970.tb02855.x
Subject(s) - ketogenic diet , medicine , epilepsy , pediatrics , psychiatry
SYNOPSIS 34 patients with intractable epilepsy, mainly of the minor motor variety and not responding to adequate drug therapy, have been given a trial ketogenic diet. 10 patients were very much improved and 4 moderately improved. There were no clear cut differences between those patients having a favourable and those having a poor response, although onset of seizures in early infancy was more common in the group with a poor response.