Ketogenic Diet in Treatment of Epileptic Aphasia

Abstract

Three children, ages 9, 12 and 14 years, with acquired epileptic aphasia refractory to treatment with antiepileptic drugs, ACTH and prednisone, responded to the ketogenic diet for 12 to 26 months, in a trial at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, PA.

Keywords

• epileptic aphasia
• ketogenic diet
• lessening of seizures