The ketogenic diet for the treatment of childhood epilepsy: a randomised controlled trial
The ketogenic diet for the treatment of childhood epilepsy: a randomised controlled trial
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England: Elsevier Ltd
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English
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Summary Background The ketogenic diet has been widely and successfully used to treat children with drug-resistant epilepsy since the 1920s. The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of the ketogenic diet in a randomised controlled trial. Methods 145 children aged between 2 and 16 years who had at least daily seizures (or more than seven seizur...
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The ketogenic diet for the treatment of childhood epilepsy: a randomised controlled trial
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70746892
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70746892
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1474-4422
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1474-4465
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10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70092-9
