Glucose transporter deficiency syndrome (GLUT1DS) and the ketogenic diet

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Glucose transporter type 1 (GLUT1) deficiency syndrome (GLUT1DS, OMIM 606777) is caused by impaired glucose transport into brain mediated by GLUT1, the glucose transporter at the blood-brain barrier. The condition is diagnosed by hypoglycorrhachia, impaired glucose uptake into erythrocytes, and heterozygous mutations in the SLC2A1 gene (OMIM 138140, gene map locus 1p35-31.3). Patients present with early-onset...

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