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Towards a patient-friendly ketogenic diet for epilepsy: Development and preclinical validation
Meeusen, H., 2026, 301 p.
Research output: PhD Thesis › PhD-Thesis - Research and graduation internal
A novel ketogenic diet that reduces seizures and prevents liver steatosis leads to related gut microbiome changes and restores cecal short-chain fatty acid levels in the rapid kindling rat model of epileptogenesis
Meeusen, H., Lohr, J., van Eijndthoven, T., Kalf, R. S., Roeselers, G., van Helvoort, A., Gorter, J. A., van Vliet, E. A., Tims, S., Silva, J. P. & Aronica, E., 9 Oct 2025, In: Gut microbes reports. 2, 1, 22 p., 2567677.
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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