Effect of ketogenic diet for drug-resistant epilepsy on immunological cells.

Background And Aim Of The Work: Ketogenic diet (KD) is one of the treatments in drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). The current study aimed at assessing the effect of KD-induced ketosis on different immunological cells since ketosis is reported to affect neutrophil function.

Methodology: We recruited 21 pediatric patients diagnosed with DRE assigned to start KD.