Marika Leppänen
MD, PhD, child psychiatrist
mhhylk@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7948-8533 |
Areas of expertise
preterm born infants; mental health; neurodevelopmental disorders; register study
preterm born infants; mental health; neurodevelopmental disorders; register study
Research community or research topic
https://sites.utu.fi/childmorbidity/tutkimus/ https://sites.utu.fi/pipari/ https://sites.utu.fi/sote/yhteistyo/hankkeet/nepsos-neuropsykiatrisesti-oireilevat-nuoret-palvelujen-pyorteissa/
https://sites.utu.fi/childmorbidity/tutkimus/ https://sites.utu.fi/pipari/ https://sites.utu.fi/sote/yhteistyo/hankkeet/nepsos-neuropsykiatrisesti-oireilevat-nuoret-palvelujen-pyorteissa/
Biography
Publications
- Maternal mental health disorders associate with their child's asthma: A register-based study (2025)
- Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Burden of mental, behavioral, and neurodevelopmental disorders in the Finnish most preterm children: a national register study (2024)
- European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Early psychosocial parent-infant interventions and parent-infant relationships after preterm birth-a scoping review (2024)
- Frontiers in Psychology
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Longitudinal associations between parental early psychological distress and children's emotional and behavioural problems during early childhood and self-reported social functioning in 11-year-old children born very preterm (2024)
- European Journal of Developmental Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Maternal mental health disorders one year before and three years after childbirth are associated with offspring school-age asthma: Finnish register study (2024)
- European Respiratory Journal
(Abstract) - Web-based follow-up tool (ePIPARI) of preterm infants-study protocol for feasibility and performance (2023)
- BMC Pediatrics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Social functioning questionnaires of adolescents born preterm show average profiles and attenuated sex differences (2021)
- Acta Paediatrica
Leena Haataja, Liisa Lehtonen, Riikka Korja; the PIPARI Study Group
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Antenatal and Postnatal Growth and 5-Year Cognitive Outcome in Very Preterm Infants (2014)
- Pediatrics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pikkukeskosen syntymän jälkeinen kasvu on yhteydessä älylliseen kehitykseen (2014)
- Duodecim
(Other publication) - The Association between Growth and Neurodevelopment in Very Preterm Infants – A Follow-up Study in the PIPARI Study (2014) Leppänen Marika
(G5 Article dissertation ) - Growth of extremely preterm infants born in 2001-2010 (2013)
- Acta Paediatrica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Preterm infants' early growth and brain white matter maturation at term age (2013)
- Pediatric Radiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Abnormal antenatal Doppler velocimetry and cognitive outcome in very-low-birth-weight infants at 2 years of age (2010)
- Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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