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Sture August Siwe
Swedish pediatrician, born 1897.
Associated eponyms:
Letterer-Siwe disease
Syndrome characterised by proliferation of nonlipid histiocytes in the viscera and bones.
Biography:
Sture August Siwe obtained his medical doctorate from the University of Lund in 1927 with a dissertation entitled Pankreasstudien. He specialised in paediatrics and became professor of this discipline in 1937. Besides his own publications he contributed to Lehrbuch der Pädiatrie published by Guido Fanconi (1892-1979) and Anders Johan Wallgren (1889-1973) in 1950.
Bibliography:
- Das Nervensystem des Kindes.
In: Handbuch der Anatomie des Kindes, 2, 1931.
- Allt om barn, en handbok för föreldrar och lärare.
With F. Borg, in collaboration with several authors. 1945.
- Nordisk Lærebog i Pædiatri.
Med P. Plum, C. E. Räiha og L. Salomonsen. 3. opplag, 1952.
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