%0 Journal Article
%T MODIFIED ATKINS DIET FOR INTRACTABLE CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY
%A Mohammad BARZEGAR
%A Poupak IRANDOUST
%A Mehrangiz EBRAHIMI MAMEGHANI
%J Iranian Journal of Child Neurology
%D 2010
%I Iranian Child Neurology Society
%X ObjectiveThe aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of a modified Atkins diet for intractable childhood epilepsy.Materials & MethodsTwenty one children with medically intractable epilepsy were enrolled in the study. Inclusion criteria were at least four seizures per month and a trial of at least three anticonvulsants without becoming seizure-free. The subjects received the diet over a 6-month period.ResultsThree months after diet initiation, 15 patients (71.4%) remained on the diet and 12 (57.1%) had >50% seizure reduction. Eleven patients (52.4%) completed the 6-month study and 8 (38.1%) chose to remain on the diet afterward. At 6 months, 9 patients (42.8%) had >50% seizure reduction. The diet was more effective in cryptogenic epilepsy (p=0.032). Most complications were transient and successfully managed by careful follow-up and conservative strategies.ConclusionThe modified Atkins diet is an effective and well- tolerated therapy for intractable childhood epilepsy
%K Atkins diet
%K ketogenic diet
%K intractable epilepsy
%K children
%U http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/ijcn/article/view/2003/1717