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Anticonvulsant Mechanisms of the Ketogenic Diet

  1. Kristopher J. Bough1,
  2. Jong M. Rho2

Article first published online: 4 JAN 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.00915.x

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Epilepsia

Volume 48, Issue 1, pages 43–58, January 2007

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Bough, K. J. and Rho, J. M. (2007), Anticonvulsant Mechanisms of the Ketogenic Diet. Epilepsia, 48: 43–58. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.00915.x

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    Center for Drug Evaluation & Research, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland

  2. 2

    Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.

*Address correspondence and reprint requests to Kristopher J. Bough at FDA – Center for Drug Evaluation & Research, MPN 1 – Room 1345, 7520 Standish Place, Rockville, MD 20855, U.S.A. E-mail: Kristopher.Bough@fda.hhs.gov

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  1. Issue published online: 4 JAN 2007
  2. Article first published online: 4 JAN 2007
  3. Accepted October 24, 2006.

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