Mechanisms and Uses of Dietary Therapy as a Treatment for Epilepsy: A Review

One-third of patients with epilepsy do not respond to antiepileptic drugs and may seek complementary and alternative treatment modalities. Dietary therapies such as the ketogenic diet (KD), the modified Atkins, the medium-chain triglyceride, and the low glycemic index diet have been successfully imp...

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Main Authors: Fatemeh Sadeghifar BS, Vanessa Baute Penry MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-09-01
Series:Global Advances in Health and Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2164956119874784