Autor(es): Romão Luz, Inês ; Pereira, Cristina ; Garcia, Paula ; Ferreira, Fátima ; Faria, Ana ; Macedo, Cristiane ; Diogo, Luisa ; Robalo, Conceição
Data: 2019
Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/32018
Origem: Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra
Assunto(s): Criança; Epilepsia resistente a medicamentos; Dietoterapia; Dieta cetogénica; Portugal
Ketogenic diet is a low carbohydrate diet, which can be used as a treatment for refractory childhood epilepsy. The first aim of this study was to evaluate its efficacy, in patients receiving ketogenic diet for at least three months, on epilepsy control, behaviour and awareness. The secondary aims were to evaluate the variation in the number of antiepileptic drugs, reasons for discontinuing the diet and adverse effects.
