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| Title |
Ketogenic diet for epilepsy treatment
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, October 2016
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| DOI | 10.1590/0004-282x20160116 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Letícia Pereira de Brito Sampaio |
| Abstract |
The ketogenic diet (KD), a high-fat, low-carbohydrate, and adequate-protein diet is an established, effective nonpharmacologic treatment option for intractable childhood epilepsy. The KD was developed in 1921 and even though it has been increasingly used worldwide in the past decade, many neurologists are not familiar with this therapeutic approach. In the past few years, alternative and more flexible KD variants have been developed to make the treatment easier and more palatable while reducing side effects and making it available to larger group of refractory epilepsy patients. This review summarizes the history of the KD and the principles and efficacy of the classic ketogenic diet, medium-chain triglyceride(s) (MCT) ketogenic diet, modified Atkins diet, and low glycemic index treatment. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 18% |
| Canada | 1 | 9% |
| South Africa | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 7 | 64% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 73% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 27% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 418 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 418 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 89 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 38 | 9% |
| Researcher | 20 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 17 | 4% |
| Other | 16 | 4% |
| Other | 58 | 14% |
| Unknown | 180 | 43% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 62 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 61 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 30 | 7% |
| Neuroscience | 18 | 4% |
| Unspecified | 14 | 3% |
| Other | 40 | 10% |
| Unknown | 193 | 46% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 35. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 October 2023.
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