A pilot study of the modified Atkins diet for Sturge-Weber syndrome

Eric H. Kossoff; Jennifer L. Borsage; Anne M. Comi

doi:10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.09.008

A pilot study of the modified Atkins diet for Sturge-Weber syndrome

Eric H. Kossoff, Jennifer L. Borsage, Anne M. Comi

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Abstract

The modified Atkins diet (MAD) is a dietary treatment for epilepsy which does not restrict fluids or calories. This theoretically makes the MAD safer than the ketogenic diet for children with Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS). Five children aged 4-18 years with SWS and at least monthly intractable seizures were started prospectively on the MAD for 6 months. All children had urinary ketosis and seizure improvement, including 3 with >50% seizure reduction.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	240-243
Number of pages	4
Journal	Epilepsy Research
Volume	92
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.09.008
State	Published - Dec 2010

Keywords

Atkins
Children
Epilepsy
Ketogenic
Ketosis
Sturge-Weber

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Neurology
Clinical Neurology

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