Infantile spasms treated with the ketogenic diet: prospective single-center experience in 104 consecutive infants.

Purpose: In 2002, we reported our preliminary experience using the ketogenic diet (KD) for predominantly intractable infantile spasms (IS) in 23 infants. Since that time, we have increased our use of the KD for this condition including those with new-onset IS.

Methods: Infants were referred and prospectively started on the traditional KD from 1996 to 2009 at our institution.