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Epilepsy and the Ketogenic Diet
Stafstrom, Carl; Rho, Jong
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Description for Epilepsy and the Ketogenic Diet
Hardback. For more than 80 years, the high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet has been used as a means to control epilepsy. This text discusses the clinical and basic aspects of the diet, as well as how to plan and calculate an individual ketogenic diet. Series: Nutrition and Health. Num Pages: 355 pages, 41 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH3; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 869.
The Nutrition and Health series of books has an overriding mission to provide health professionals with texts that are considered essential because each includes: (1) a synthe sis of the state of the science, (2) timely, in -depth reviews by the leading researchers in their respective fields, (3) extensive, up-to-date, fully annotated reference lists, (4) a detailed index, (5) relevant tables and figures, (6) identification of paradigm shifts and the consequences, (7) suggestions of areas for future research, and (8) balanced, data driven answers to patient /health professionals questions that are based upon the totality of evidence rather than the ... Read more
The Nutrition and Health series of books has an overriding mission to provide health professionals with texts that are considered essential because each includes: (1) a synthe sis of the state of the science, (2) timely, in -depth reviews by the leading researchers in their respective fields, (3) extensive, up-to-date, fully annotated reference lists, (4) a detailed index, (5) relevant tables and figures, (6) identification of paradigm shifts and the consequences, (7) suggestions of areas for future research, and (8) balanced, data driven answers to patient /health professionals questions that are based upon the totality of evidence rather than the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
Series
Nutrition and Health
Number of Pages
355
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9781588292957
SKU
V9781588292957
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Reviews for Epilepsy and the Ketogenic Diet
Foreword by Philip A. Schwartzkroin, PhD "This book is a comprehensive summary of the use of the ketogenic diet for treatment of medically intractable epilepsy. This book should be read by all those caring for patients with medically intractable epilepsy, and should be on the shelves of all those involved in supervising the ketogenic diet."-The Lancet