Matti Sillanpää
MD PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Depts Child Neurology and General Practice, Univ. Turku
matsilla@utu.fi +358 29 450 2741 +358 40 082 9628 Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4190-3698 |
Areas of expertise
Child Neurology; Epilepsy; Migraine and Headache; Epidemiology; Chronic Neurological Diseases
Child Neurology; Epilepsy; Migraine and Headache; Epidemiology; Chronic Neurological Diseases
Research community or research topic
TACOE project; FFC project; Turku headache and migraine project
TACOE project; FFC project; Turku headache and migraine project
Biography
Born 1936, MD and authorized physician 1962; PhD 1973; Community Health Officer, Town of Loimaa 1962-64; Resident, Dept Pediatrics and Dept Neurology, Univ. Turku 1964-68; Senior Resident, Uppsala Univ. Hospital Academiska Sjukhuset 1968-69; Senior Consultant Child Neurologist and Pediatrician 1970-1976; Assoc. Prof, and Locum Prof, Dept Public Health; Univ. Turku 1976-1990; Prof. of Child Neurology, Univ. of Turku; Head, Dept. Child Neurology, Turku Univ. Hospital 1990-2001; Senior Research Scientist 2001-presently
Born 1936, MD and authorized physician 1962; PhD 1973; Community Health Officer, Town of Loimaa 1962-64; Resident, Dept Pediatrics and Dept Neurology, Univ. Turku 1964-68; Senior Resident, Uppsala Univ. Hospital Academiska Sjukhuset 1968-69; Senior Consultant Child Neurologist and Pediatrician 1970-1976; Assoc. Prof, and Locum Prof, Dept Public Health; Univ. Turku 1976-1990; Prof. of Child Neurology, Univ. of Turku; Head, Dept. Child Neurology, Turku Univ. Hospital 1990-2001; Senior Research Scientist 2001-presently
Publications 
9 of 15
- School start and occurrence of headache (1999)
- Pediatrics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Changes in dental health and dental health habits from 3 to 5 years of age (1998)
- Journal of Public Health Dentistry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Childhood headache at school entry a controlled clinical study (1998)
- NeurologyEpilepsia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Childhood headache at school entry – A controlled clinical studyIncreasing prevalence of headache in 7-year-old schoolchildren (1998)
- NeurologyHeadache
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Factors of early life as predictors of headache in children at school entryPrepregnancy headache and the well-being of mother and newborn (1998)
- HeadacheHeadache
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Long-term prognosis of seizures with onset in childhood (1998)
- New England Journal of Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Social environment and headache in 8- to 9-year-old children: A follow- up studyFathers' smoking and use of alcohol - the viewpoint of maternity health care clinics and well-baby clinics (1998)
- HeadacheFamily Practice
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Epilepsy and prejudice with particular relevance to childhoodInfantile colic - child and family 3 years later (1997)
- Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Headache diary in the diagnosis of childhood migraine (1997)
- Headache
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Outcome of early school-age migraine (1997)
- Cephalalgia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Physical activity, heath-related fitness, and health experience in adults with childhood-onset epilepsy: A controlled study (1997)
- Epilepsia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Reproductive activity and offspring health of young adults with childhood-onset epilepsy: A controlled study (1997)
- Epilepsia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Social adjustment and competence 35 years after onset of childhood epilepsy: A prospective controlled study (1997)
- Epilepsia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Concurrent illnesses in adults with childhood-onset epilepsy: A population-based 35-year follow-up study (1996)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (1996)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (1996)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Use of health care services in childhood migraine (1996)
- Headache
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (1995)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (1995)
- Pediatrics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Infantile colic: Child and family three years later (1995)
- Pediatrics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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