Dietary treatment of epilepsy : practical implementation of ketogenic therapy / edited by Elizabeth Neal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Neal, Elizabeth, 1965-

Series:

THEi Wiley ebooks.

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epilepsy--Diet therapy.

Epilepsy.

Ketogenic diet.

Diet in disease.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester [England] : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

Language Note:

English

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Summary:

Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterised by recurrent unprovoked seizures, and affects 50 million people worldwide. Approximately 30% of these do not have seizure control even with the best available medications, hence renewed and increasing interest in the use of dietary treatments to treat epilepsy. These treatments include the traditional ketogenic diets but also the newer modified Atkins diet and low glycaemic index treatment. The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is used primarily to treat refractory ep

Contents:

section 1. Introduction and overview

section 2. Clinical implementation

section 3. Broader applications.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786613854773

9781118345467

1118345460

9781118702772

1118702778

9781283542326

1283542323

9781118345481

1118345487

OCLC:

799766406