[Home ] [Archive]   [ فارسی ]  
:: Main :: About :: Current Issue :: Archive :: Search :: Submit :: Contact ::
Main Menu
Home::
Journal Information::
Articles archive::
For Authors::
For Reviewers::
Registration::
Contact us::
Site Facilities::
Home::
About Conference::
Conference Organization::
Organizations& Sponsors::
Registration::
Article Submission::
Peripheral Programs::
Contact us::
Site Facilities::
Webmail::
Home::
About::
Peoples::
Membership::
Send your articles::
Contact us::
::
Search in website

Advanced Search
..
Receive site information
Enter your Email in the following box to receive the site news and information.
..
:: Volume 14, Issue 1 (Spring 2014 2014) ::
JOEC 2014, 14(1): 77-84 Back to browse issues page
Ketogenic Diet an Effective Method in Treatment of Drug-resistant Epilepsy in Mentally retarded Children
Seyed Mostafa Nachvak 1, Somayeh Moosa’ee , Mahdiyeh Nazarinasab , Korosh Jafarian2
1- Medical Sciences University of Kermanshah
2- Tehran University of Medical Science
Abstract:   (4422 Views)

Objective: This article is a review of research regarding ketogenic diet in treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy in mentally retarded children. Method: A literature search was conducted using Magiran, PubMed and reference books nutrition. Results: There are valid scientific documents that show this diet reduces seizures in these children. The most common usage of this diet is for children with epilepsy which despite the use of anti-epileptic drugs, their seizures are continued.  Conclusion: Ketogenic diet has an important role in the treatment and control of seizures in refractory to treatment epilepsy and this  approach  should be considered by pediatric neurologists as a alternative treatment in mentally children who affected by drug-resistant epilepsy.

Keywords: Epilepsy, Ketogenic diet, mentally retarded children
Full-Text [PDF 1157 kb]   (4880 Downloads)    
Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2013/10/12 | Accepted: 2014/02/22 | Published: 2014/06/20
Send email to the article author

Add your comments about this article
Your username or Email:

CAPTCHA


XML   Persian Abstract   Print


Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:

Nachvak S M, Moosa’ee S, Nazarinasab M, Jafarian K. Ketogenic Diet an Effective Method in Treatment of Drug-resistant Epilepsy in Mentally retarded Children. JOEC 2014; 14 (1) :77-84
URL: http://joec.ir/article-1-203-en.html


Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Volume 14, Issue 1 (Spring 2014 2014) Back to browse issues page
فصلنامه کودکان استثنایی Journal of Exceptional Children

[__CODE __JMETRICS__FULL__FA____ CODE__]

 

Persian site map - English site map - Created in 0.05 seconds with 37 queries by YEKTAWEB 4645