RESULTS OF 15 YEARS' EXPERIENCE WITH THE KETOGENIC DIET IN THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY IN CHILDREN

Henry F. Helmholz and Moe GoldsteinAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 94, Number 5

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.94.5.1205

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Thirty-one per cent of patients who had idiopathic epilepsy were rendered free of attacks and 16 per cent became definitely improved when the ketogenic diet was given an adequate trial. In all, 47 per cent were benefited.

Approximately 11 per cent of patients who had symptomatic epilepsy became free of attacks following the use of the ketogenic diet.

Eight per cent of patients with idiopathic epilepsy, whose seizures were controlled by the ketogenic diet, had recurrence of attacks within seven years following the last attack. No recurrence occurred after more than seven years.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 94 • Number 5 • March 1938

Pages: 1205 - 1214

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Published in print: March 1938

Published online: 1 April 2006

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Henry F. Helmholz

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Moe Goldstein

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The Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn.

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RESULTS OF 15 YEARS' EXPERIENCE WITH THE KETOGENIC DIET IN THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY IN CHILDREN

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