CSF Amino Acids, Pterins and Mechanism of the Ketogenic Diet

Authors

  • J. Gordon Millichap Division of Neurology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-10-6

Keywords:

Ketogenic Diet, Neurotransmitters, Pterins

Abstract

Investigators from Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain, studied the relationship between the etiology of refractory childhood epilepsy, CSF neurotransmitters, pterins, and amino acids, and response to a ketogenic diet in 60 patients with refractory epilepsy, 83% focal and 52% idiopathic.

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Published

2015-11-17

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Section

Seizure Disorders