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Objective
The aim was to examine the influence of modified Atkins diet on serum concentration of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs).
Methods
Prospective data from 63 adult patients with either focal or generalized drug‐resistant epilepsy recruited to 12‐week dietary treatment as add‐on to AEDs are analyzed. AED serum concentrations, ketones, glucose, and hemoglobin A1c were measured before and after the...
To examine the process for transitioning adolescents on dietary management for intractable epilepsy to adult neurologic care.Ten patients, ages 6–16 years when the ketogenic or modified Atkins diet was initiated, were identified; age at transition was 18–43 years. All patients were seen at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.Seven remain on diets (4 Ketogenic, 3 modified Atkins diet) at this...
The ketogenic diet (KD) is a high-fat, low-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that is used as a treatment for patients with difficult-to-control epilepsy. The present study assesses the efficacy and tolerability of the KD as an add-on therapy in adults with chronic refractory epilepsy. 15 adults were treated with the classical diet or MCT diet. During a follow-up period of 1year we assessed seizure frequency,...
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