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  • Managing Your Epilepsy
    • Managing My Seizures 101
      • Epilepsy Self Management
      • My Health Care Team
      • Working With Your Epilepsy Team
      • Staying in Touch with Your Health Care Team
      • Assessing My Readiness, Risks And Needs
      • Setting Priorities And Taking Actions
    • Managing Your Child’s Epilepsy
    • My Seizures Know More
    • #DareTo Go the Distance
      • A Seizure is Suspected: Getting Diagnosed
      • A Seizure is Suspected: Your Role
      • Creating My Health Care Team
      • At the Beginning of Your Treatment Journey
      • When Seizures Persist or Side Effects are a Problem
      • Managing Your Epilepsy
      • Finding Help and Support on Your Journey
    • Quality Care in Epilepsy
    • How Do I Know I Am Getting the Best Care
      • First Diagnosed
      • If Seizures Do Not Stop and Medication Side Effects
      • Women of Child‐bearing Age
      • Questions to Ask Your Doctor
      • Managing Continued Seizures
      • The Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
    • Understanding Seizures and Emergencies
      • Importance of Preventing Seizures and Other Problems
      • Warning Signs of Seizures
      • What Is A Seizure Emergency
    • Tracking My Seizures
      • Importance of Tracking Seizures
      • Observing Seizures
      • Using Seizure Diaries
    • Managing Triggers
      • How to Identify Seizure Triggers
      • Medication Adherence
      • ABCs for Managing Seizure Triggers
      • Tips for Lifestyle Modification
        • Noises
        • Bright, Flashing, or Flourescent Lights
        • Sleep
        • Exercise and Epilepsy: What Should I do?
        • Exercise and Hyperventilation
        • Diet
        • Hormonal Changes
        • Illness, Fever, Trauma
        • Stress, Anxiety, Depression
    • Seizure Drills
    • Seizure Action Plans
    • Adapting Plans for Travel
      • Making Travel Plans
      • Types of Travel and Vacations
      • Preparing for the Possibility of Seizures
      • Managing Medications while Traveling
      • Travel Tips for VNS and Other Treatments
      • Using Preparedness Plans and Other Resources
      • Teaching Others
    • Summer Camp
      • Choosing a Summer Camp
      • Understanding Types of Camps
      • Evaluating Camps
      • Preparing Staff for Seizure Management
      • Using Seizure Response Plans
      • Participating in Camp Activities
      • Tips to Enhance Camp Participation
      • Staying Safe at Camp
      • Water Safety
      • Summary
    • What is the Managing Epilepsy Well Network?
      • PEARLS
      • Texting 4 Control
      • UPLIFT
      • FOCUS
    • Emotional Response
    • Knowing Seizures And Emergencies
  • COVID-19 and Epilepsy
    • COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and Seizures
    • Staying Safe and Avoiding Risks During COVID-19 Crisis
    • Managing Epilepsy During the COVID-19 Crisis
    • Testing and Treatment: COVID-19 and Epilepsy
    • Our Response to COVID-19 Crisis
  • About Epilepsy: The Basics
    • What is Epilepsy?
      • A Revised Definition of Epilepsy
    • What is a Seizure?
    • What Happens During a Seizure?
    • Who Gets Epilepsy?
    • What Causes a Seizure?
    • What Are the Risk Factors?
    • Is Epilepsy Inherited?
    • Will I Always Have Epilepsy?
    • How Serious Are Seizures?
    • Seizures in Adults
      • Diagnosing Epilepsy in Adults
      • Treating Epilepsy in Adults
      • Quality Care and Quality of Life
    • Facts about Seizures and Epilepsy
  • Types of Seizures
    • Focal Aware Seizures
    • Focal Impaired Awareness Seizures
    • Bilateral Tonic-clonic Seizures
    • Absence Seizures
    • Atypical Absence Seizures
    • Tonic-clonic Seizures
    • Atonic Seizures
    • Clonic Seizures
    • Tonic Seizures
    • Myoclonic Seizures
    • Gelastic and Dacrystic Seizures
    • Febrile Seizures
    • Epileptic or Infantile Spasms
    • Refractory Seizures
    • New Terms for Seizure Classification
  • Types of Epilepsy Syndromes
    • Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy (ADNFLE)
    • Childhood Absence Epilepsy
    • Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes aka Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
    • Doose Syndrome
    • Dravet Syndrome
    • Early Myoclonic Encephalopathy (EME)
    • Epilepsy in Infancy with Migrating Focal Seizures
    • Epilepsy with Eyelid Myoclonia (Jeavons Syndrome)
    • Epilepsy with Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures Alone
    • Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Absences
    • Epileptic Encephalopathy With Continuous Spike and Wave During Sleep (CSWS)
    • FIRES: Febrile Illness-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
    • Infantile Spasms (West Syndrome)
    • Juvenile Absence Epilepsy
    • Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
    • Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
    • Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS)
    • Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy
    • Ohtahara Syndrome
    • Panayiotopoulos Syndrome
    • Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsies
    • Reflex Epilepsies
      • Sunflower Syndrome - A Photosensitive Epilepsy
    • Self-Limited, Late-Onset, Occipital Epilepsy (Gastaut syndrome)
    • Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy Due to Specific Causes
    • Genetics: The Basics
    • Epilepsy and Genes
    • Genetic Counseling
    • Genetic Testing and Epilepsy
    • Specific Genetic Epilepsies
      • Angelman Syndrome
      • CDKL5 Disorder
      • PCDH19 Epilepsy
      • Ring Chromosome 20 Syndrome
      • SCN8A-Related Epilepsy
      • TBCK-related ID Syndrome
    • Genetics Resources
    • Specific Structural Epilepsies
      • Hypothalamic Hamartoma
        • Diagnosis
        • Treatment
      • Incontinentia Pigmenti
      • Neurofibromatosis Type 1
      • Seizures and Multiple Sclerosis
      • Sturge Weber Syndrome (Encephalotrigeminal Angiomatosis)
      • Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC)
      • Focal Cortical Dysplacia
      • Mesial Temporal Sclerosis
      • Traumatic Brain Injury and Epilepsy
    • Specific Metabolic Epilepsies
      • Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome (SLC2A1)
    • Autoimmune Epilepsy
    • Autoimmune Epilepsies: Signs and Symptoms
    • Autoimmune Testing
    • Treating Autoimmune Epilepsy
    • Specific Autoimmune Epilepsies
      • Rasmussen's Syndrome
    • Specific Infections Associated with Epilepsy
      • Malaria and its Relation to Epilepsy
  • Triggers of Seizures
    • Missed Medicines
    • Lack of Sleep and Epilepsy
    • Stress and Epilepsy
    • Alcohol
    • Drug Abuse
    • Menstruation
    • Photosensitivity and Epilepsy
    • Other Illnesses
    • Nutritional Deficiencies
    • Over-The-Counter Medications
  • Diagnosis
    • Is this a seizure?
    • Diagnosis 101
      • Why See a Doctor?
      • What Kind of Doctor is Best?
      • What Will the Doctor Do?
      • What Tests Are Needed?
      • Why Is My Doctor Ordering Other Tests to Evaluate My Seizures?
      • What If It's Not Epilepsy?
    • You and Your Healthcare Team
      • Visiting The Doctor
      • Nurses
      • Physician Assistants
      • EEG Technologists
      • Neuropsychologists
      • Psychologists
      • Social Workers And Counselors
      • Psychiatrists
      • Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors
      • Pharmacists
      • Occupational Therapists
      • Second Opinions
    • Medical History
    • Physical Exam
    • Neurological Exam
    • EEG
      • What If It's Normal?
      • Procedure
      • Which EEG type is best for you?
      • Ambulatory EEG
      • Video EEG
      • Dry Electrode Headset
      • Where It's Performed
      • Special Electrodes
      • How to Read an EEG
    • Looking at the Brain
      • Computed Tomography (CT)
      • MRI
        • Why it's Performed
        • MRI Procedure
      • SPECT
      • PET
      • MEG (magnetoencephalography)
    • Imitators of Epilepsy
      • Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures (PNES): Cause, Diagnosis and Treatment
      • FAQ: Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures or Events
  • Treating Seizures and Epilepsy
    • Treatment 101: The Basics
      • What’s First?
      • What You Need To Do
      • If First Medicine Doesn't Work
      • When Medicines Do Not Work
    • Seizure Medications List
    • Seizure and Epilepsy Medicines
      • First Seizure
      • Choosing a First Medicine
      • Medications in Children
      • Finding the Best Dosage
      • How Medicines Work
      • How Long Until It Works?
      • Blood Testing
      • Common Concerns
      • Importance of Adherence
      • Side Effects
      • Drug Interactions
      • Stopping Medication
      • How to Read A Package Insert
      • Treatment Guidelines
      • Seizure Medications and Pregnancy
        • Antiepileptic Drug Pregnancy Registry
    • Seizure Rescue Therapies
      • Oral Rescue Medicines
      • Nasal Rescue Medicines
      • Rectal Rescue Therapies
      • VNS Therapy 101
        • Building VNS Therapy into Seizure First Aid
        • Using the VNS Magnet to Stop Seizures
        • Using the VNS Magnet to Turn Off Stimulation
        • Safety Tips for VNS Magnet Use
      • Treatments of Status Epilepticus and Cluster Seizures: Available and Emerging Therapies
    • Surgery
      • Overview of Epilepsy Surgery
      • The Epilepsy Center
      • Who can surgery help?
      • Impact of Early Epilepsy Surgery
        • Interview with Megan about Her Family's Surgery Story
      • Goals and Expectations
      • Risks and Benefits
      • Tests Before Surgery
        • Video EEG Monitoring with Invasive Electrodes
        • Brain Mapping: Electrical Stimulation
        • Wada Test
      • Types of Epilepsy Surgery
        • LITT (Thermal Ablation)
      • Preparing for Surgery
      • Recovery and Life After Surgery
      • Preparing for and Recovery After Your Child’s Epilepsy Surgery
      • Epilepsy Surgery: Fast Facts
    • Dietary Therapies
      • Ketogenic Diet
      • KetoNews
      • Modified Atkins Diet
      • Low Glycemic Index Treatment
      • MCT (Medium Chain Triglyceride) Diet
    • Devices
      • Vagus Nerve Stimulation
        • Placement, Programming and Safety of Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS)
      • Responsive Neurostimulation
        • Placement, Programming and Safety of Responsive Neurostimulation (RNS)
      • Deep Brain Stimulation
        • Placement, Programming and Safety of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
      • External Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation
    • Other Treatment Approaches
      • Herbal Therapy
      • Medical Marijuana and Epilepsy
        • True or False Quiz: 10 Things to Know about Medical Cannabis
        • 2017 Glossary of Cannabinoid Terms
    • Clinical Trials
  • Early Death and SUDEP
    • SUDEP
      • SUDEP FAQ
      • How SUDEP Occurs
      • What does the 2017 SUDEP Guideline mean for me?
      • Preventing SUDEP
      • SUDEP Resources
      • SUDEP Webinars and Presentations
      • The Role of Seizure Alerts
        • Brain Sentinel® Monitoring and Alerting (SPEAC) System
      • SUDEP News
      • SUDEP Research Efforts
      • Support for Bereaved
      • Bereavement Support Articles
      • SUDEP Action Day
      • Talking About SUDEP
      • #DareTo Say SUDEP
      • #DareTo Say SUDEP Infographic
      • SUDEP Stories
        • One Family Dares Doctors to Talk About SUDEP
        • A Plea from a Family: Talk about SUDEP
        • Mom to Young Adults: #DareTo Ask for Help in Managing Seizures
        • #DareTo Say SUDEP: A Daughter’s Perspective
        • #DareTo Contact the Epilepsy Foundation and the North American SUDEP Registry
        • #DareTo Initiate the SUDEP Conversation – It May Save a Life
        • #DareTo Say SUDEP and Make Informed Choices
        • Dare to Attend PAME 2016
        • Dare to Say NORSE
        • Jane’s Journey for SUDEP Action
        • Mom and Nurse: #DareTo Advocate for Adults Living with Epilepsy
        • Omissions Can Be Deadly
        • Understanding My Risk for SUDEP
      • Information for SUDEP for Older Children and Teens
    • Suicide
  • Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
    • The Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
    • Treating Refractory Epilepsy
  • Challenges with Epilepsy
    • Seizure Emergencies
      • Seizure Clusters
      • Status Epilepticus
    • Injuries and Illnesses
    • Thinking and Memory
      • Thinking Memory and Epilepsy
      • Diagnosing and Treating Memory Problems
      • Memory And Seizures
      • Types Of Memory Problems
      • Causes of Memory Problems
      • Top Ten Memory Complaints
      • Memory Techniques
    • Moods and Behavior
      • Medications And Mood
      • Mood and Behavior 101
        • Effects on Behavior
        • Moods and Behavior
        • Stress, Mood, and Seizures
        • Mood and Personality Changes
        • Anxiety
        • Aggression
        • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
        • Psychosis
        • Epilepsy and ADHD
      • Mood and Behavior Advanced
        • Interictal Problems
        • Psychosis
        • Anxiety Disorders
        • Impaired Attention
        • Depression
        • Diagnosis
        • Therapy Options
        • Conclusion
      • Cognitive Therapies
    • Sleep and Epilepsy
      • What is Sleep?
      • How Does Sleep Affect the EEG?
      • Sleep And Age
      • Drowsiness And Memory
      • Sleep Disruption
      • Sleep Disorders
      • Getting A Good Night's Sleep
      • Sleep And AEDS
    • Bone Health
    • Social Concerns
    • Risks During Pregnancy
  • Learning Network

Learn

  • Managing Your Epilepsy
    • Managing My Seizures 101
      • Epilepsy Self Management
      • My Health Care Team
      • Working With Your Epilepsy Team
      • Staying in Touch with Your Health Care Team
      • Assessing My Readiness, Risks And Needs
      • Setting Priorities And Taking Actions
    • Managing Your Child’s Epilepsy
    • My Seizures Know More
    • #DareTo Go the Distance
      • A Seizure is Suspected: Getting Diagnosed
      • A Seizure is Suspected: Your Role
      • Creating My Health Care Team
      • At the Beginning of Your Treatment Journey
      • When Seizures Persist or Side Effects are a Problem
      • Managing Your Epilepsy
      • Finding Help and Support on Your Journey
    • Quality Care in Epilepsy
    • How Do I Know I Am Getting the Best Care
      • First Diagnosed
      • If Seizures Do Not Stop and Medication Side Effects
      • Women of Child‐bearing Age
      • Questions to Ask Your Doctor
      • Managing Continued Seizures
      • The Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
    • Understanding Seizures and Emergencies
      • Importance of Preventing Seizures and Other Problems
      • Warning Signs of Seizures
      • What Is A Seizure Emergency
    • Tracking My Seizures
      • Importance of Tracking Seizures
      • Observing Seizures
      • Using Seizure Diaries
    • Managing Triggers
      • How to Identify Seizure Triggers
      • Medication Adherence
      • ABCs for Managing Seizure Triggers
      • Tips for Lifestyle Modification
        • Noises
        • Bright, Flashing, or Flourescent Lights
        • Sleep
        • Exercise and Epilepsy: What Should I do?
        • Exercise and Hyperventilation
        • Diet
        • Hormonal Changes
        • Illness, Fever, Trauma
        • Stress, Anxiety, Depression
    • Seizure Drills
    • Seizure Action Plans
    • Adapting Plans for Travel
      • Making Travel Plans
      • Types of Travel and Vacations
      • Preparing for the Possibility of Seizures
      • Managing Medications while Traveling
      • Travel Tips for VNS and Other Treatments
      • Using Preparedness Plans and Other Resources
      • Teaching Others
    • Summer Camp
      • Choosing a Summer Camp
      • Understanding Types of Camps
      • Evaluating Camps
      • Preparing Staff for Seizure Management
      • Using Seizure Response Plans
      • Participating in Camp Activities
      • Tips to Enhance Camp Participation
      • Staying Safe at Camp
      • Water Safety
      • Summary
    • What is the Managing Epilepsy Well Network?
      • PEARLS
      • Texting 4 Control
      • UPLIFT
      • FOCUS
    • Emotional Response
    • Knowing Seizures And Emergencies
  • COVID-19 and Epilepsy
    • COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and Seizures
    • Staying Safe and Avoiding Risks During COVID-19 Crisis
    • Managing Epilepsy During the COVID-19 Crisis
    • Testing and Treatment: COVID-19 and Epilepsy
    • Our Response to COVID-19 Crisis
  • About Epilepsy: The Basics
    • What is Epilepsy?
      • A Revised Definition of Epilepsy
    • What is a Seizure?
    • What Happens During a Seizure?
    • Who Gets Epilepsy?
    • What Causes a Seizure?
    • What Are the Risk Factors?
    • Is Epilepsy Inherited?
    • Will I Always Have Epilepsy?
    • How Serious Are Seizures?
    • Seizures in Adults
      • Diagnosing Epilepsy in Adults
      • Treating Epilepsy in Adults
      • Quality Care and Quality of Life
    • Facts about Seizures and Epilepsy
  • Types of Seizures
    • Focal Aware Seizures
    • Focal Impaired Awareness Seizures
    • Bilateral Tonic-clonic Seizures
    • Absence Seizures
    • Atypical Absence Seizures
    • Tonic-clonic Seizures
    • Atonic Seizures
    • Clonic Seizures
    • Tonic Seizures
    • Myoclonic Seizures
    • Gelastic and Dacrystic Seizures
    • Febrile Seizures
    • Epileptic or Infantile Spasms
    • Refractory Seizures
    • New Terms for Seizure Classification
  • Types of Epilepsy Syndromes
    • Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy (ADNFLE)
    • Childhood Absence Epilepsy
    • Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes aka Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
    • Doose Syndrome
    • Dravet Syndrome
    • Early Myoclonic Encephalopathy (EME)
    • Epilepsy in Infancy with Migrating Focal Seizures
    • Epilepsy with Eyelid Myoclonia (Jeavons Syndrome)
    • Epilepsy with Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures Alone
    • Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Absences
    • Epileptic Encephalopathy With Continuous Spike and Wave During Sleep (CSWS)
    • FIRES: Febrile Illness-Related Epilepsy Syndrome
    • Infantile Spasms (West Syndrome)
    • Juvenile Absence Epilepsy
    • Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
    • Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
    • Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS)
    • Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy
    • Ohtahara Syndrome
    • Panayiotopoulos Syndrome
    • Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsies
    • Reflex Epilepsies
      • Sunflower Syndrome - A Photosensitive Epilepsy
    • Self-Limited, Late-Onset, Occipital Epilepsy (Gastaut syndrome)
    • Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy Due to Specific Causes
    • Genetics: The Basics
    • Epilepsy and Genes
    • Genetic Counseling
    • Genetic Testing and Epilepsy
    • Specific Genetic Epilepsies
      • Angelman Syndrome
      • CDKL5 Disorder
      • PCDH19 Epilepsy
      • Ring Chromosome 20 Syndrome
      • SCN8A-Related Epilepsy
      • TBCK-related ID Syndrome
    • Genetics Resources
    • Specific Structural Epilepsies
      • Hypothalamic Hamartoma
        • Diagnosis
        • Treatment
      • Incontinentia Pigmenti
      • Neurofibromatosis Type 1
      • Seizures and Multiple Sclerosis
      • Sturge Weber Syndrome (Encephalotrigeminal Angiomatosis)
      • Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC)
      • Focal Cortical Dysplacia
      • Mesial Temporal Sclerosis
      • Traumatic Brain Injury and Epilepsy
    • Specific Metabolic Epilepsies
      • Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome (SLC2A1)
    • Autoimmune Epilepsy
    • Autoimmune Epilepsies: Signs and Symptoms
    • Autoimmune Testing
    • Treating Autoimmune Epilepsy
    • Specific Autoimmune Epilepsies
      • Rasmussen's Syndrome
    • Specific Infections Associated with Epilepsy
      • Malaria and its Relation to Epilepsy
  • Triggers of Seizures
    • Missed Medicines
    • Lack of Sleep and Epilepsy
    • Stress and Epilepsy
    • Alcohol
    • Drug Abuse
    • Menstruation
    • Photosensitivity and Epilepsy
    • Other Illnesses
    • Nutritional Deficiencies
    • Over-The-Counter Medications
  • Diagnosis
    • Is this a seizure?
    • Diagnosis 101
      • Why See a Doctor?
      • What Kind of Doctor is Best?
      • What Will the Doctor Do?
      • What Tests Are Needed?
      • Why Is My Doctor Ordering Other Tests to Evaluate My Seizures?
      • What If It's Not Epilepsy?
    • You and Your Healthcare Team
      • Visiting The Doctor
      • Nurses
      • Physician Assistants
      • EEG Technologists
      • Neuropsychologists
      • Psychologists
      • Social Workers And Counselors
      • Psychiatrists
      • Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors
      • Pharmacists
      • Occupational Therapists
      • Second Opinions
    • Medical History
    • Physical Exam
    • Neurological Exam
    • EEG
      • What If It's Normal?
      • Procedure
      • Which EEG type is best for you?
      • Ambulatory EEG
      • Video EEG
      • Dry Electrode Headset
      • Where It's Performed
      • Special Electrodes
      • How to Read an EEG
    • Looking at the Brain
      • Computed Tomography (CT)
      • MRI
        • Why it's Performed
        • MRI Procedure
      • SPECT
      • PET
      • MEG (magnetoencephalography)
    • Imitators of Epilepsy
      • Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures (PNES): Cause, Diagnosis and Treatment
      • FAQ: Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures or Events
  • Treating Seizures and Epilepsy
    • Treatment 101: The Basics
      • What’s First?
      • What You Need To Do
      • If First Medicine Doesn't Work
      • When Medicines Do Not Work
    • Seizure Medications List
    • Seizure and Epilepsy Medicines
      • First Seizure
      • Choosing a First Medicine
      • Medications in Children
      • Finding the Best Dosage
      • How Medicines Work
      • How Long Until It Works?
      • Blood Testing
      • Common Concerns
      • Importance of Adherence
      • Side Effects
      • Drug Interactions
      • Stopping Medication
      • How to Read A Package Insert
      • Treatment Guidelines
      • Seizure Medications and Pregnancy
        • Antiepileptic Drug Pregnancy Registry
    • Seizure Rescue Therapies
      • Oral Rescue Medicines
      • Nasal Rescue Medicines
      • Rectal Rescue Therapies
      • VNS Therapy 101
        • Building VNS Therapy into Seizure First Aid
        • Using the VNS Magnet to Stop Seizures
        • Using the VNS Magnet to Turn Off Stimulation
        • Safety Tips for VNS Magnet Use
      • Treatments of Status Epilepticus and Cluster Seizures: Available and Emerging Therapies
    • Surgery
      • Overview of Epilepsy Surgery
      • The Epilepsy Center
      • Who can surgery help?
      • Impact of Early Epilepsy Surgery
        • Interview with Megan about Her Family's Surgery Story
      • Goals and Expectations
      • Risks and Benefits
      • Tests Before Surgery
        • Video EEG Monitoring with Invasive Electrodes
        • Brain Mapping: Electrical Stimulation
        • Wada Test
      • Types of Epilepsy Surgery
        • LITT (Thermal Ablation)
      • Preparing for Surgery
      • Recovery and Life After Surgery
      • Preparing for and Recovery After Your Child’s Epilepsy Surgery
      • Epilepsy Surgery: Fast Facts
    • Dietary Therapies
      • Ketogenic Diet
      • KetoNews
      • Modified Atkins Diet
      • Low Glycemic Index Treatment
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