Sture August Siwe
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Swedish pediatrician, born 1897.
Biography of Sture August Siwe
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.
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