Ketogenic diet therapy enables antiseizure medication reduction and withdrawal in children with epilepsy
KDT is effective in enabling ASM withdrawal in one-fourth of the responding pediatric patients. Younger age and fewer initial ASMs predicted better withdrawal outcomes, supporting early ASM withdrawal within 3-6 months of KDT for appropriate candidates.
Authors
- Elisabeth J. Ruijgrok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2137-5525)
- Rinze F. Neuteboom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6136-4981)
- A. Laura Nijstad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3448-7665)
- Wim J. R. Rietdijk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2622-7321)
- Elles van der Louw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3245-0471)
- Sarita van den Berg
- Julia W Zinger
Institutions
- Leiden University (NL)
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Erasmus MC - Sophia Children’s Hospital (NL)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Seizure
- Published
- 2025-10-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2025.10.013
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16