Abstract | OBJECTIVE: MATERIALS & METHODS: This study is a clinical trial survey with sample size of 40 children with refractory epilepsy who were patients at Mofid hospital in Tehran, Iran. Initially, from Jan 2005-Oct 2007, 20 children were treated with the Atkins diet, and then from Oct 2007-March 2010, the other group was treated with the classic ketogenic diet and the results were compared. RESULTS: In this study, response to treatment was greater than a 50% reduction in seizures and at the end of first, second, and third months for the ketogenic diet were 55%, 30%, and 70% and for the Atkins diet were 50%, 65%, and 70%, respectively. CONCLUSION: The results of this study show that there is no significant difference between the classic Ketogenic diet and the Atkins diet at the end of first, second, and third months and both had similar responses to the treatments.
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Authors | Ahad Ghazavi, Seyed Hassan Tonekaboni, Parvaneh Karimzadeh, Ahmad Ali Nikibakhsh, Ali Khajeh, Afshin Fayyazi |
Journal | Iranian journal of child neurology
(Iran J Child Neurol)
Vol. 8
Issue 3
Pg. 12-7
( 2014)
ISSN: 1735-4668 [Print] Iran |
PMID | 25143768
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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