Current Approaches to Diet Therapy in Epilepsy
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Epilepsy is a devastating condition with a lifetime incidence of 3.2% and a prevalence of five to ten per 1000 people [1]. Medical treatment with antiepileptic medication controls seizures in approximately 60–70% of patients [2]. The remaining patients endure frequent seizures with the concomitant problems of intellectual decline, neurological deficits and the risk of sudden unexplained death. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Health Sciences
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2536-4391
DOI: 10.5336/healthsci.2018-64515