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Ketone Administration for Seizure Disorders: History and Rationale for Ketone Esters and Metabolic Alternatives

The ketogenic diet (KD) is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate treatment for medically intractable epilepsy. One of the hallmark features of the KD is the production of ketone bodies which have long been believed, but not yet proven, to exert direct anti-seizure effects. The prevailing view has been that k...

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Autores principales: Poff, Angela M., Rho, Jong M., D’Agostino, Dominic P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6803688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31680801
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.01041