The effect of ketogenic diet on thyroid functions in children with drug-resistant epilepsy.

Ünsal YilmazÖzlem NalbantoğluYiğithan GüzinSelvinaz EdizerZeynep AkışinSerdar PekuzHatice Hilal KırkgözMerve YavuzAycan ÜnalpBehzat Özkan

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2021)

It appears that KD therapy does not impair thyroid functions in children with drug-resistant epilepsy. KD can be used safely along with L-thyroxine replacement even in children with pre-existing subclinical hypothyroidism.

Keyphrases

drug resistant
multidrug resistant
acinetobacter baumannii
young adults
physical activity
weight loss
bone marrow
replacement therapy