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Comment
. 2017 Sep-Oct;17(5):278-280.
doi: 10.5698/1535-7597.17.5.278.

Ketogenic Diet: It Has a Role in Our Armamentarium of Treatment of Refractory Seizures

Alison M Pack
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Ketogenic Diet: It Has a Role in Our Armamentarium of Treatment of Refractory Seizures

Alison M Pack. Epilepsy Curr. 2017 Sep-Oct.
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