Carnitine Level Changes with the Ketogenic Diet

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-16-1-7

Keywords:

Ketogenic Diet, Total Plasma Carnitine, Antiepileptic Drugs

Abstract

The effects of the ketogenic diet (KD) on carnitine levels were determined in 38 consecutive patients with epilepsy treated at Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL Carnitine levels were determined at 0, 1, 6, 12, and 24 months of diet treatment.

Published

2002-01-01

Issue

Section

Seizure Disorders