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Glucose transporter type I deficiency syndrome: epilepsy phenotypes and outcomes.
Epilepsia - 1 Sept 2012
Pong Amanda W, Geary Brianna R, Engelstad Kris M, Natarajan Ashwini, Yang Hong, De Vivo Darryl C
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PURPOSE: Glut 1 deficiency syndrome (DS) is defined by hypoglycorrhachia with normoglycemia, acquired microcephaly, episodic movements, and epilepsy refractory to standard antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). Gold standard treatment is the ketogenic diet (KD), which provides ketones to treat neuroglycopen...
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