High cholesterol levels drop naturally in children on high-fat anti-seizure diet, study show
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 16:35
in Health & Medicine
Elevated cholesterol levels return to normal or near normal levels over time in four out of 10 children with uncontrollable epilepsy treated with the high-fat ketogenic diet, according to results of a Johns Hopkins Children's Center study reported in the Journal of Child Neurology.
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