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Currently available pharmacological treatment of epilepsy has limited effectiveness. In
epileptic patients, pharmacological treatment with available anticonvulsants leads to seizure�…

Ketogenic dietary therapies (KDTs) are established, effective nonpharmacologic treatments
for intractable childhood epilepsy. For many years KDTs were implemented differently�…

The ketogenic diet (KD) is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate and adequate-protein diet that has
gained popularity in recent years in the context of neurological diseases (NDs). The�…

Recently, evidence from both animal studies and human cases has emerged that a
dysbiosis in the gut may be associated with certain forms of epilepsy. The ketogenic diet is�…

Drug resistant epilepsy (DRE) is defined as the persistence of seizures despite at least two
syndrome-adapted antiseizure drugs (ASD) used at efficacious daily dose. Despite the�…

Epilepsy is a central nervous system disorder involving spontaneous and recurring seizures
that affects 50 million individuals globally. Because approximately one-third of patients with�…

The ketogenic diet (KD), containing high levels of fat and low levels of carbohydrates, has
been used to treat refractory epilepsy since the 1920s. In the past few decades, there has�…

Ketone bodies (KBs), comprising β-hydroxybutyrate, acetoacetate and acetone, are a set of
fuel molecules serving as an alternative energy source to glucose. KBs are mainly produced�…

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by stereotyped behavior and deficits in
communication and social interaction. There are no curative treatments for children with�…