Publications by authors named "Borst Stephanie"

Zellweger Syndrome is a peroxisomal disorder that can lead to elevation of long chain fatty acids and epilepsy, which can be drug resistant. The treatment of drug resistant epilepsy can include the ketogenic diet in appropriately chosen patients. Typically, the ketogenic diet is contraindicated in individuals with defects in fatty acid metabolism because of the diet's reliance on medium and long chain fatty acids.

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