Long-term ketogenic diet therapy improves mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS): A case report

CNS Neurosci Ther. 2023 Sep;29(9):2717-2720. doi: 10.1111/cns.14274. Epub 2023 May 19.

Authors

Fang He¹, Lingqi Ye², Pu Miao³, Jiong Zhou², Yao Ding², Shuang Wang²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nutrition, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
² Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

No abstract available

Keywords: MELAS syndrome; epileptic seizures; ketogenic diet.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acidosis, Lactic* / etiology
Diet, Ketogenic*
Humans
Ketone Bodies
MELAS Syndrome*
Stroke*

Substances

Ketone Bodies

Supplementary concepts

Mitochondrial encephalopathy