Open AccessGut Microbiota, the Ketogenic Diet and Epilepsy
Author(s) -
Egidio Spinelli,
Robyn Blackford
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pediatric neurology briefs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2166-6482
pISSN - 1043-3155
DOI - 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-10
Subject(s) - ketogenic diet , pediatric neurology , neurology , epilepsy , medicine , pediatrics , pediatric epilepsy , gut microbiome , gut flora , intractable epilepsy , microbiome , psychiatry , bioinformatics , biology , immunology
Investigators from the Department of Pediatric Neurology at the Children’s Hospital of Fudan University assessed the gut microbiome in pediatric patients with intractable non-lesional epilepsy who were treated with the ketogenic diet (KD) comparing differences between responders and non-responders over a period of 6 months.