title: Arvo Ylppö (1887-1992): pioneer of Finnish paediatrics.
abstract: Besides developing the clinical and social care of children throughout Finland from 1920 onwards, the earlier research of Ylppö in Germany had laid the foundations world wide for scientific progress in the understanding and care of the premature infant.
authors: Department of Child Health, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Southmead, Bristol BS10 5BN, UK. P.M.Dunn@bristol.ac.uk
authors: P M
authors: PM
authors: Dunn
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D053198:Child Nutrition Sciences / Q000266:history; D047109:Fetal Development; D005387:Finland; D005858:Germany; D005865:Gestational Age; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000266:history*