A randomized controlled trial of the ketogenic diet in refractory childhood epilepsy

D.A.J.E. Lambrechts, R. J.A. de Kinderen, J.S.H. Vles, A.J.A. de Louw, A.P. Aldenkamp, H.J.M. Majoie

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)152-154
Number of pages3
JournalActa Neurologica Scandinavica
Volume137
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2018

Funding

This study was funded by The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw), grant application number 171002204. We would like to thank all the patients and their parents and caregivers for their participation in this study. Furthermore, we would like to thank all the child neurologists and neurologists for referring participants. Finally, we are grateful to all the dieticians, pediatricians, nurse practitioners, psychologists, secretaries and other professionals for their valuable contribution to this trial and to F Kessels for his advice concerning statistical analysis.

Keywords

  • Child
  • Diet, Ketogenic
  • Drug Resistant Epilepsy/diet therapy
  • Humans

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