Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the ketogenic diet (KD) in infants (< 1.5 years
of age) compared with older children. Methods Patients with complete follow-up data of≥ 3�…

The ketogenic diet (KD) has been used to treat children with epilepsy who are resistant to
antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) since the 1920s, and has undergone a resurgence in popularity�…

Background The ketogenic diet has been widely and successfully used to treat children with
drug-resistant epilepsy since the 1920s. The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of the�…

The ketogenic diet (KD), a high-fat, low-carbohydrate, and adequate-protein diet is an
established, effective nonpharmacologic treatment option for intractable childhood epilepsy�…

The ketogenic diet, a high fat, adequate protein, low carbohydrate diet, has, during the past
decade, had a resurgence of interest for the treatment of difficult-to-control seizures in�…

Purpose: We wished to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the ketogenic diet (KD), and we
also evaluated the prognosis of the patients after successful discontinuation of the diet in�…

The ketogenic diet (KD) is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet, in which fat, instead of glucose,
acts as a major energy source through the production of ketone bodies. The KD was formally�…

BACKGROUND: The ketogenic diet is a diet high in fat but low in carbohydrate and it is
suggested that this diet reduces seizure frequency. Currently, this diet is used mainly for�…

Long-term outcomes of the ketogenic diet in the treatment of epilepsy have not previously
been reported. A retrospective chart review of children treated with the ketogenic diet for�…

There has been a dramatic resurgence of interest in the ketogenic diet during the past
several years. For many children with difficult-to-control epilepsy, the diet presents an�…