Evaluation of nutritional status in children with refractory epilepsy

BACKGROUND: children affected by refractory epilepsy could be at risk of malnutrition because of feeding difficulties (anorexia, chewing, swallowing difficulties or vomiting) and chronic use of anticonvulsants, which may affect food intake and energy metabolism. Moreover, their energy requirement ma...

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Autores principales: Bertoli, S, Cardinali, S, Veggiotti, P, Trentani, C, Testolin, G, Tagliabue, A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16640779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-5-14