Gut Microbiota, the Ketogenic Diet and Epilepsy

Pediatr Neurol Briefs. 2018 Sep 21:32:10. doi: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-10.

Abstract

Investigators from the Department of Pediatric Neurology at the Children's Hospital of Fudan University assessed the gut microbiome in pediatric patients with intractable non-lesional epilepsy who were treated with the ketogenic diet (KD) comparing differences between responders and non-responders over a period of 6 months.

Keywords: Epilepsy; Gut Microbiome; Ketogenic Diet.

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