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There are several [[Health Risks of the Ketogenic Diet]], so unlike other diets, health tests and monitoring are important. Note that a ketogenic diet [[Ketogenic Diet]] should be under medical supervision, which includes this monitoring.
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The following tests are recommended for children starting the ketogenic diet for epilepsy<ref name="Kossoff-2011-1889"/>. Details of these tests are outside the scope of this article.
* Complete blood count with platelets.
* Electrolytes, including serum bicarbonate, total protein[[Protein]], calcium, zinc, selenium, magnesium [[Magnesium]] and phosphate.
* Serum liver and kidney test (including albumen, AST, ALT, blood urea nitrogen creatinine)
* Fasting lipid profile.
* Urine organic salts.
* Serum amino acids.
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<ref name="Sirikonda-2012"> NS. Sirikonda, WD. Patten, JR. Phillips, CJ. Mullett, Ketogenic diet: rapid onset of selenium deficiency-induced cardiac decompensation., Pediatr Cardiol, volume 33, issue 5, pages 834-8, Jun 2012, doi [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00246-012-0219-6 10.1007/s00246-012-0219-6], PMID [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22367552 22367552]</ref>
<ref name="Kossoff-2011-, Kindle Offset 1889">Eric. Kossoff, [http://www.amazon.com/Ketogenic-Diets-Eric-H-Kossoff/dp/1936303108 Ketogenic diets : treatments for epilepsy and other disorders], date 2011, publisher Demos Health, location New York, isbn 1-936303-10-8, Kindle Offset 1889</ref><ref name="Kossoff-2011-, Kindle Offset 2882">Eric. Kossoff, [http://www.amazon.com/Ketogenic-Diets-Eric-H-Kossoff/dp/1936303108 Ketogenic diets : treatments for epilepsy and other disorders], date 2011, publisher Demos Health, location New York, isbn 1-936303-10-8, Kindle Offset 2882</ref><ref name="Kossoff-2011-, Page 240p240">Eric. Kossoff, [http://www.amazon.com/Ketogenic-Diets-Eric-H-Kossoff/dp/1936303108 Ketogenic diets : treatments for epilepsy and other disorders], date 2011, publisher Demos Health, location New York, isbn 1-936303-10-8, Page 240</ref>
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