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. 2019 Jan 29;13:5. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00005

Table 2.

Epilepsy syndromes and some conditions in which the KD therapies has been reported possible benefit (one case report or series).

Adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency
CDKL5 encephalopathy
Childhood absence epilepsy
Cortical malformations
Epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures
Epileptic encephalopathy with continuous spike-and-wave during sleep
Glycogenosis type V65 Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
Lafora body disease
Landau-Kleffner syndrome
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
Phosphofructokinase deficiency
Rett syndrome
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)

Adapted from Kossoff et al. (2018). Optimal clinical management of children receiving dietary therapies for epilepsy: Updated recommendations of the International Ketogenic Diet Study Group (Kossoff et al., 2018).