title: The ketogenic diet for Dravet syndrome and other epileptic encephalopathies: an Italian consensus.
abstract: Ketogenic diet is a nonpharmacologic treatment for childhood epilepsy not amenable to drugs. At the present time, two works based on national research, one in Germany and one in the United States provide international guidelines to ensure a correct management of the ketogenic diet. Our Italian collaborative study group was set up in order to formulate a consensus statement regarding the clinical management of the ketogenic diet, patient selection, pre-ketogenic diet, counseling, setting and enforcement of dietary induction of ketosis, follow-up management, and eventual discontinuation of the diet.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C Mondino, Pavia, Italy. pveggiot@unipv.it
authors.forename: Pierangelo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Veggiotti
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burlina
authors.forename: Giangennaro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Coppola
authors.forename: Raffaella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cusmai
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: De Giorgis
authors.forename: Renzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guerrini
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tagliabue
authors.forename: Bernardo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dalla Bernardina
mesh_terms: D001928:Brain Diseases, Metabolic / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000378:metabolism / Q000523:psychology; D032921:Consensus; D055423:Diet, Ketogenic / Q000379:methods*; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000523:psychology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D013577:Syndrome