Ketogenic diet poses a significant effect on imbalanced gut microbiota in infants with refractory ep

• 作 者: Gan Xie Qian Zhou Chuang-Zhao
• 机 构: DepartmentofRespiratoryMedicine,WeHealthGeneInstitute,DepartmentofPediatricNeurology
• 出 处: 世界胃肠病学杂志：英文版
• 发表日期: 2017年33期
• 基金项目: Supported by the Innovation Fund of Science and Technology Commission of Shenzhen Municipality,China,No.JCYJ-2015-0403100317071

AIM To investigate whether patients with refractory epilepsy and healthy infants differ in gut microbiota(GM),and how ketogenic diet(KD) alters GM.METHODS A total of 14 epileptic and 30 healthy infants were recruited and seizure frequencies were recorded.