MD, PhD, child psychiatrist Marika Leppänen - UTU Research Portal

Marika Leppänen
MD, PhD, child psychiatrist

Public Health (Department of Clinical Medicine)

mhhylk@utu.fi

preterm born infants; mental health; neurodevelopmental disorders; register study

https://sites.utu.fi/childmorbidity/tutkimus/ https://sites.utu.fi/pipari/ https://sites.utu.fi/sote/yhteistyo/hankkeet/nepsos-neuropsykiatrisesti-oireilevat-nuoret-palvelujen-pyorteissa/

Maternal mental health disorders associate with their child's asthma: A register-based study (2025)
- Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health
Kanerva, Eetu P.; Lukkarinen, Minna M.; Leppänen, Marika H.; Pape, Bernd K.; Rautava, Paivi T. K.; Karukivi, Max R. J.
Burden of mental, behavioral, and neurodevelopmental disorders in the Finnish most preterm children: a national register study (2024)
- European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Leppänen Marika, Pape Bernd, Ripatti Liisi, Karukivi Max, Haataja Leena, Rautava Päivi
Early psychosocial parent-infant interventions and parent-infant relationships after preterm birth-a scoping review (2024)
- Frontiers in Psychology
Leppänen, Marika; Korja, Riikka; Rautava, Päivi; Ahlqvist-Björkroth, Sari
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
Salomäki Susanna, Junttila Niina, Setänen Sirkku, Rautava Päivi, Huhtala Mira, Leppänen Marika, Lehtonen Liisa, Korja Riikka
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
Kanerva, Eetu; Leppänen, Marika; Pape, Bernd; Lukkarinen, Minna; Rautava, Päivi; Karukivi, Max
Web-based follow-up tool (ePIPARI) of preterm infants-study protocol for feasibility and performance (2023)
- BMC Pediatrics
Saarinen Tiina, Ylijoki Milla, Lehtonen Liisa, Munck Petriina, Stolt Suvi, Lapinleimu Helena, Rautava Päivi, Haataja Leena, Setänen Sirkku, Leppänen Marika, Huhtala Mira, Saarinen Katriina, Grönroos Linda, Korja Riikka; PIPARI Study Grp
Social functioning questionnaires of adolescents born preterm show average profiles and attenuated sex differences (2021)
- Acta Paediatrica
Susanna Salomäki, Päivi Rautava, Niina Junttila, Mira Huhtala, Marika H. Leppänen, Anna Nyman, Mari Koivisto,
Leena Haataja, Liisa Lehtonen, Riikka Korja; the PIPARI Study Group
Antenatal and Postnatal Growth and 5-Year Cognitive Outcome in Very Preterm Infants (2014)
- Pediatrics
Marika Leppänen, Helena Lapinleimu, Annika Lind, Jaakko Matomäki, Liisa Lehtonen, Leena Haataja and Päivi Rautava; the PIPARI Study Group
Pikkukeskosen syntymän jälkeinen kasvu on yhteydessä älylliseen kehitykseen (2014)
- Duodecim
Marika Leppänen, Helena Lapinleimu, Annika Lind, Jaakko Matomäki, Liisa Lehtonen, Leena Haataja, Päivi Rautava
The Association between Growth and Neurodevelopment in Very Preterm Infants – A Follow-up Study in the PIPARI Study (2014) Leppänen Marika
Growth of extremely preterm infants born in 2001-2010 (2013)
- Acta Paediatrica
Leppanen Marika, Lapinleimu Helena, Lehtonen Liisa, Rautava Päivi; PIPARI Study Group (incl. Sillanpää Matti)
Preterm infants' early growth and brain white matter maturation at term age (2013)
- Pediatric Radiology
Virva Lepomäki, Marika Leppänen, Jaakko Matomäki, Helena Lapinleimu, Liisa Lehtonen, Leena Haataja, Markku Komu, Päivi Rautava, Riitta Parkkola; the PIPARI study group
Abnormal antenatal Doppler velocimetry and cognitive outcome in very-low-birth-weight infants at 2 years of age (2010)
- Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Leppänen Marika, Ekholm Eeva, Palo P, Maunu J, Munck Petriina, Parkola R, Matomäki Jaakko, Lapinleimu Helena, Haataja Leena, Lehtonen Liisa, Rautava Päivi