Treatment of glioma patients with ketogenic diets: report of two cases treated with an IRB-approved energy-restricted ketogenic diet protocol and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Based on the hypothesis that cancer cells may not be able to metabolize ketones as efficiently as normal brain cells, the ketogenic diet (KD) has been proposed as a complementary or alternative therapy for treatment of malignant gliomas. CASE PRESENTATION: We report here our experience i...

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Autores principales: Schwartz, Kenneth, Chang, Howard T, Nikolai, Michele, Pernicone, Joseph, Rhee, Sherman, Olson, Karl, Kurniali, Peter C, Hord, Norman G, Noel, Mary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4371612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25806103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40170-015-0129-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4371612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25806103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40170-015-0129-1

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