Children with epilepsy who are treated with a ketogenic diet (KD) accrue bone mass at a slower rate than their age-matched peers, Australian researchers reported here.
“The findings from this study will inform development of guidelines for bone surveillance in this high-risk group of children to minimize potential negative long-term health consequences of the ketogenic diet,” senior investigator Mark Mackay, MD, a pediatric neurologist from Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, told Medscape Medical News.
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