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A pilot study of the modified Atkins diet for Sturge–Weber syndrome by Eric H. Kossoff; Jennifer L. Borsage; Anne M. Comi is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
The modified Atkins diet (MAD) is a dietary treatment for epilepsy which does not restrict fluids or calories. This theoretically makes the MAD safer than the ketogenic diet for children with Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS). Five children aged 4-18 years with SWS and at least monthly intractable seizures were started prospectively on the MAD for 6 months. All children had urinary ketosis and seizure improvement, including 3 with >50% seizure reduction.
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- Author
- Eric H. Kossoff; Jennifer L. Borsage; Anne M. Comi
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0920-1211)
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)