Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 421-425 , September 2010

Does a preference for fatty foods prior to commencing treatment with the ketogenic diet predict the efficacy of this diet?

  • C.F. Dekker

      Affiliations

    • Medical Student University Medical Centre Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Venuslaan 11, 3721 VE Bilthoven, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 642649246.
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  • T.A.M. van den Hurk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dietetics and Nutritional Sciences, Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primare Care, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Lundlaan 6, 3584 EA Utrecht, Netherlands
    • ,
  • O. van Nieuwenhuizen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child Neurology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital and Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neuroscience, Lundlaan 6, 3584 EA Utrecht, Netherlands

Received 6 December 2009 ,Revised 3 June 2010 ,Accepted 17 June 2010.

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PII: S1059-1311(10)00138-X

doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.06.009

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 421-425 , September 2010

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