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R Riikonen

Publications and source records attributed to R Riikonen.

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PubMed1979

Incidence and aetiology of infantile spasms from 1960 to 1976: a population study in Finland.

This series of cases of infantile spasms comprised 107 children born between 1960 and 1976 in the county of Uusimaa, Finland. The incidence of the syndrome was 0.38 to 0.42/1000 live births and has remained almost unchanged during those years, although there have been changes in the size of different aetiological groups. The importance of prenatal and perinatal factors, and especially of neonatal hypoglycaemia, as causal factors has decreased, whereas the numbers of cases due to infections and malformations has increased. Compared with investigations in other countries, this Finnish series differs in the incidence of familial cases and congenital cytomegalovirus infection, and especially in the higher incidence of neonatal hypoglycaemia and the lower incidence of tuberous sclerosis.

Birth Injuries↗
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West syndrome: individualized ACTH therapy.

Individualized ACTH treatment of the West syndrome (WS) was assessed in a prospective multicenter study, in which each patient's dosage was increased stepwise according to response. Our series included six patients with cryptogenic and 24 with symptomatic infantile spasms. During the treatment period the total ACTH dose ranged from 58 to 373 i.u./kg. In the cryptogenic group one patient responded to pre-ACTH pyridoxine and four to the lowest dosage of ACTH (3 i.u./kg daily) with cessation of spasms and good outcome; one patient needed the highest dosage (12 i.u./kg daily) for cessation of seizures and became developmentally retarded. In the symptomatic group, 21 of the 24 patients needed 6-12 i.u./kg daily; 12 became seizure-free or having infrequent non-IS fits. Complications such as arterial hypertension, cerebral ventricle dilatation, cardiac hypertrophy, and prolonged adrenocortical hyporesponsiveness were related to the dose. The individualization provides all the benefits of ACTH treatment with minimal side effects and cost.

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone↗