Certain clotting markers are found at higher levels in the blood of people with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) when their…
Margarida Maia, PhD
Margarida is a biochemist (University of Porto, Portugal) with a PhD in biomedical sciences (VIB and KULeuven, Belgium). Her main interest is science communication. She is also passionate about design and the dialogue between art and science.
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Articles by Margarida Maia, PhD
A higher eosinophil count at diagnosis is linked to more severe disease activity in people with microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) or…
Evotec has formed a partnership with Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin in Germany to build a database of all sorts…
Factor XII (FXII), a protein involved in blood clotting, is found at significantly higher levels in the blood of people…
ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) patients who are older and taking pulses of methylprednisolone as an induction therapy are more likely…
Common variants in genes that encode proteins of the alternative complement pathway, a part of the immune system, may raise…
An 18-month fixed-schedule maintenance regimen of rituximab is better at keeping ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) in remission for up to…
A Phase 2 clinical trial testing Q32 Bio’s ADX-097 in people with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) will be the…
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is the most common type of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) in Italy and is linked…
People with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) may present different lung involvement patterns depending on the type of disease and self-reactive…