Bjurulf 2008.

Trial name or title	Comparing ketogenic diet with the most appropriate antiepileptic drug ‐ a randomised study of children with mental retardation and refractory epilepsy
Methods	RCT open, parallel assignment
Participants	Estimated enrolment 60
Interventions	Ketogenic diet versus antiepileptic drugs
Outcomes	Primary: reduction in number of seizures Secondary: quality of life and cognitive function between groups; adverse events; slow activity and epileptic activity with 24‐hour EEG between groups; adverse events, number of seizures, change in EEG, quality of life and cognitive function after 13 months on ketogenic diet; effect of ketogenic diet on children with severe and less severe mental retardation
Starting date	November 2007
Contact information	SSE, Neurological Department, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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EEG: electroencephalography
 RCT: randomised controlled trial