A Switch to Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Based Ketogenic Diet Improves Seizure Control in Patients with Drug-resistant Epilepsy on the Mixed Fat Ketogenic Diet: A Retrospective Open Label Trial

Introduction The ketogenic diet (KD) is used for drug-resistant epilepsy. However, some patients find only a modest benefit, which may plateau over time. Evidence from several animal and human studies suggests that polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) may be a beneficial form of treatment for these p...

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Autores principales: Nathan, Janak, Bailur, Sonal, Datay, Kuldeep, Sharma, Suvasini, Khedekar Kale, Dhanashri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6919946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31886101
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6399

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