The Renal Risk Score may be a better histopathologic classification model than Berden for predicting long-term loss of kidney function…
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
The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) work group has released an updated practice guideline based on developments…
Tavneos (avacopan) improved kidney function and reduced the need for the glucocorticoid prednisone in four older patients who had…
Certain clotting markers are found at higher levels in the blood of people with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) when their…
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…