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Comment
. 2017 Nov;31(3):8.
doi: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-3-2.

Ketogenic Diet in Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus

Garnett Smith  1 , Craig A Press  1
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Ketogenic Diet in Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus

Garnett Smith et al. Pediatr Neurol Briefs. 2017 Nov.

Abstract

Researchers from the Children's National Health System in Washington, D.C. studied the feasibility, rate of complications, and effect on seizures of initiating the Ketogenic Diet (KD) in pediatric patients with Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE).

Keywords: Epilepsy; Ketogenic Diet; Pediatrics; Super Refractory Status Epilepticus.

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