Substantial and sustained seizure reduction with ketogenic diet in a patient with Ohtahara syndrome

Ketogenic diet has been shown to be efficacious in some epileptic encephalopathies but rarely reported as being useful in children with Ohtahara syndrome. This could possibly be attributed to the rarity of the disease and associated short survival period. We report on a 5-year-old child with Ohtahar...

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Main Authors: Adithya Sivaraju, Ilisa Nussbaum, Candace S. Cardoza, Richard H. Mattson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213323215000110