Use of the ketogenic diet in neonates and infants

James E. Rubenstein

doi:10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01829.x

Use of the ketogenic diet in neonates and infants

James E. Rubenstein

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Abstract

The ketogenic diet (KD) is still viewed as virtually last-line therapy in childhood epilepsies, and specifically as unsafe and difficult to initiate and maintain in neonates and infants. Information is presented to show that the KD is safe and efficacious in this population, and should be carefully studied to determine its real usefulness as first-line or early therapy (one or fewer anticonvulsants) in the catastrophic epilepsies of infancy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	30-32
Number of pages	3
Journal	Epilepsia
Volume	49
Issue number	SUPPL. 8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01829.x
State	Published - Nov 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Epilepsy
Infants
Ketogenic diet
Neonates

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neurology
Clinical Neurology

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