Outpatient initiation of the ketogenic diet in children with pharmacoresistant epilepsy: An effectiveness, safety and economic perspective.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests that outpatient KD initiation is no worse than inpatient initiation in terms of effectiveness and safety, while carrying lower health care costs.
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Source: European Journal of Paediatric Neurology - June 28, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: van der Louw E, Olieman J, Poley MJ, Wesstein T, Vehmeijer F, Catsman-Berrevoets C, Neuteboom R Tags: Eur J Paediatr Neurol Source Type: research