The effect of ketogenic diet escalation in adolescents and adults with drug-resistant epilepsy: a prospective study -
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34011238/

The effect of ketogenic diet escalation in adolescents and adults with drug-resistant epilepsy: a prospective study

Published: 21 May 2021
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Ketogenic Diet has a beneficial effect as adjunctive treatment in adolescents and adults with drug-resistant epilepsy (with significant improvement of quality of life scores)
Escalation from 2:1 to 3:1 ratio is associated with less compliance rather than better response in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.
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