Effectiveness of the ketogenic diet used to treat resistant childhood epilepsy in Scandinavia

• Published in: European journal of paediatric neurology Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 29 - 36
• Main Authors: Hallböök, Tove, Sjölander, Arvid, Åmark, Per, Miranda, Maria, Bjurulf, Björn, Dahlin, Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Autistic Disorder - complications; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Diet, Ketogenic - adverse effects; Drug Resistant Epilepsy - diet therapy; Epilepsy; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Hyperlipidemias - etiology; Infant; Intellectual Disability - complications; Ketogenic diet; Kidney Calculi - etiology; Male; Neurology; Outcome; Patient Compliance; Pediatrics; Pediatrik; Quality of Life; Retrospective Studies; Scandinavian; Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; Seizures - diet therapy; Side-effects; Treatment Outcome; Scandinavian; Children; Epilepsy; Outcome; Ketogenic diet; Side-effects

This Scandinavian collaborative retrospective study of children treated with ketogenic diet (KD) highlights indications and effectiveness over two years follow-up. Five centres specialised in KD collected data retrospectively on 315 patients started on KD from 1999 to 2009. Twenty-five patients who...