The clinical efficacy and adverse reactions of ketogenic diet therapy in children with refractory epilepsy

  • BAI Shiying ,
  • MA Yanhong
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  • People’s Hospital of Jingyuan County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jingyuan Hospital of General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Jingyuan 756400, Ningxia, China

Received date: 2015-10-15

  Online published: 2015-10-15

Abstract

The ketogenic diet (KD) is a special diet with high-fat, low-carbohydrate and moderate amount of protein. The KD therapy is a safe, potentially effective and important treatment of refractory childhood epilepsy in recent years. It has confirmed clinical efficacy and a generally good prognosis. The adverse reactions of KD treatment are normally less and transient. In this paper, the effective rate, patient compliance, adverse reactions and their causes of KD in treating children with refractory epilepsy were reviewed.

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BAI Shiying , MA Yanhong . The clinical efficacy and adverse reactions of ketogenic diet therapy in children with refractory epilepsy[J]. Journal of Clinical Pediatrics, 2015 , 33(10) : 900 . DOI: 10.3969 j.issn.1000-3606.2015.10.015

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