Ketogenic Diet Complications

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-12-8-7

Keywords:

Ketogenic Diet, Valproate, Hypoproteinemia

Abstract

Serious adverse events are reported in five (10%) of 52 children, aged 1.5-16 years, treated with the ketogenic diet (4:1 ratio/fat: carbohydrate) over a 22-month period at the Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

Published

1998-08-01

Issue

Section

Seizure Disorders