Dietary treatment of epilepsy [[electronic resource] ] : practical implementation of ketogenic therapy / / edited by Elizabeth Neal

• Pubblicazione: Chichester [England] : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2012
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.85/30654
• Soggetto topico: Epilepsy - Diet therapy; Ketogenic diet; Diet in disease
• Altri autori: NealElizabeth <1965->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Dietary treatment of epilepsy
• ISBN: 1-118-34546-0; 1-118-70277-8; 1-283-54232-3; 9786613854773; 1-118-34548-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910139693303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: THEi Wiley ebooks.