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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812988403321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester [England], : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

Chichester [England] : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2012

ISBN

1-118-34546-0

1-118-70277-8

1-283-54232-3

9786613854773

1-118-34548-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

THEi Wiley ebooks

Altri autori (Persone)

NealElizabeth <1965->

Disciplina

616.85/30654

Soggetti

Epilepsy - Diet therapy

Ketogenic diet

Diet in disease

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Introduction and overview -- section 2. Clinical implementation -- section 3. Broader applications.

Sommario/riassunto

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