Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca

Invited Professor

Generic Bio

Education
Isabel Fonseca (ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8984-1751) graduated in Nutrition and Food Sciences by Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences (FCNAUP) from University of Porto (UP) in 1994. In 2000 she completed a Master Degree Program in Public Health (Biostatistics specialization) at the Faculty of Medicine of Porto/ Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar of University of Porto (ICBAS/UP). In 2015 she got her PhD degree in Biomedical Sciences at ICBAS/UP with a thesis on “Predictive factors of graft dysfunction and long-term kidney allograft failure”.

Current Positions
Renal Nutritionist at Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Department of Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto (CHUPorto) and Clinical Nutritionist at Corino de Andrade’s Center, since 1995.

Team Leader of the Scientific Evaluation Area of the Education, Training and Research Department of CHUPorto, since 2006.

Invited Assistant Professor of Pathology and Nutrition II at Catholic University of Portugal (Porto) Faculty of Biotechnology, since 2018.

Research Areas of Interest
She is a research member of Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health (ITR), being an integrated PhD research at Multidisciplinary Unit in Biomedical Research (UMIB) and a research collaborator of Epidemiological Research Unit (EPIUnit).

Her main research areas are related with kidney disease and kidney transplantation, focusing on graft dysfunction biomarkers, survival analysis and prognostic models. She has also a particular interest in nutritional evaluation methodologies and clinical research methods.

She has published more than 50 scientific papers in international journals, nine of which as a first author, and one book chapter.

Other

Adenovirus infection-A rare cause of interstitial nephritis in kidney transplant

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with L Moreira, C). 2019. Nefrologia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola Nefrologia
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Demographic, clinical characteristics and cardiovascular disease burden in a Portuguese cohort of older chronic kidney disease patients

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Lascasas,Josefina Maria Sousa Santos). 2019.
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Family dynamics in transthyretin-related familial amyloid polyneuropathy Val30Met: Does genetic risk affect family functioning?

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Lopes, A). 2018. CLINICAL GENETICS
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Infectious risk of elderly patients on peritoneal dialysis: Experience of a portuguese center

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Belino, C.). 2018.
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Psychopathological dimensions in subjects with hereditary ATTR V30M amyloidosis and their relation with life events due to the disease

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Lopes, A). 2018. AMYLOID-JOURNAL OF PROTEIN FOLDING DISORDERS
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The association between 25(OH)D levels, frailty status and obesity indices in older adults

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Sousa Santos, AR). 2018. PLOS ONE
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Comparison of Jamar and Bodygrip Dynamometers for Handgrip Strength Measurement

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Guerra, R.S.). 2017. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
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Determining donor-specific antibody C1q-binding ability improves the prediction of antibody-mediated rejection in human leucocyte antigen-incompatible kidney transplantation

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Malheiro, J.). 2017. Transplant International
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End-stage renal disease versus death in a Portuguese cohort of elderly patients: An approach using competing event analysis

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Santos, J.). 2017. Journal of Investigative Medicine
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ESPEN diagnostic criteria for malnutrition – A validation study in hospitalized patients

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Guerra, R.S.). 2017. Clinical Nutrition
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Impact on mid-term kidney graft outcomes of pretransplant anti-HLA antibodies detected by solid-phase assays: Do donor-specific antibodies tell the whole story?

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Malheiro, J.). 2017. Human Immunology
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Incorporating Scoring Risk Models for Care Planning of the Elderly with Chronic Kidney Disease

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Josefina Santos). 2017. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research
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Life paths of patients with transthyretin-related familial amyloid polyneuropathy Val30Met: a descriptive study

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Lopes, A.). 2017. Journal of Community Genetics
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Role of de novo donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies in kidney graft failure: A case-control study

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Castro, A.). 2017. HLA
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SIXTEEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE ON PANCREAS-KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION - SEARCHING FOR FACTORS LEADING TO BETTER RESULTS

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Martins, LS). 2017. TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL
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Triceps skinfold compressibility in hospitalized patients | Compresibilidad del pliegue cutáneo del tríceps entre los pacientes hospitalizados

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Sousa, A.S.). 2017. Nutricion Hospitalaria
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Advanced Glycation End Products Evolution after Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: Plasmatic and Cutaneous Assessments

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Martins, L.S.). 2016. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
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Effects of Posture and Body Mass Index on Body Girth Assessment

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Sousa, A.S.). 2016. Nutrition in Clinical Practice
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Financial impact of sarcopenia on hospitalization costs

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Sousa, A.S.). 2016. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
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Impact of de novo donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies on grafts outcomes in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Malheiro, J.). 2016. Transplant International
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Sarcopenia and length of hospital stay

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Sousa, A.S.). 2016. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
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TAFAMIDIS FOR THE TREATMENT OF FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY: EFFICACY AND SAFETY DATA FROM A GROUP OF PORTUGUESE PATIENTS WITH THREE YEARS FOLLOW-UP

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Coelho, T). 2016. JOURNAL OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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A TRIPLE-BIOMARKER APPROACH FOR THE DETECTION OF DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION AFTER KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION USING SERUM CREATININE, CYSTATIN C, AND MALONDIALDEHYDE

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Fonseca, I). 2015. TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL
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A triple-biomarker approach for the detection of delayed graft function after kidney transplantation using serum creatinine, cystatin C, and malondialdehyde

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Fonseca, I.). 2015. Clin Biochem
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Adipokines in peritoneal dialysis: relevant clinical impact according to body composition

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Bernardo, A. P.). 2015. Ther Apher Dial
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Analysis of preformed donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies characteristics for prediction of antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplantation

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Malheiro, J.). 2015. Transpl Immunol
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Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy treatment with Tafamidis - evaluation of one- and two-year treatment in Porto, Portugal

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Coelho, T.). 2015. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
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Handgrip strength and associated factors in hospitalized patients

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Guerra, R. S.). 2015. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr
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Handgrip strength measurement as a predictor of hospitalization costs

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Guerra, R. S.). 2015. Eur J Clin Nutr
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Health-related quality of life may improve after transplantation in pancreas-kidney recipients

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Martins, L. S.). 2015. Clin Transplant
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Leptin and adiponectin during the first week after kidney transplantation: biomarkers of graft dysfunction?

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Fonseca, I.). 2015. Metabolism
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The effect of delayed graft function on graft and patient survival in kidney transplantation: an approach using competing events analysis

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Fonseca, I.). 2015. Transpl Int
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Usefulness of six diagnostic and screening measures for undernutrition in predicting length of hospital stay: a comparative analysis

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Guerra, R. S.). 2015. J Acad Nutr Diet
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Comparative analysis of undernutrition screening and diagnostic tools as predictors of hospitalisation costs

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Guerra, R. S.). 2014. J Hum Nutr Diet
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EFFECT OF GRAFT FUNCTION ON THE SERUM LEVELS OF LEPTIN AND ADIPONECTIN DURING THE FIRST WEEK AFTER KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION: A REPEATED-MEASURES PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Fonseca, I). 2014. NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION
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Handgrip strength cutoff values for undernutrition screening at hospital admission

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Guerra, R. S.). 2014. Eur J Clin Nutr
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Oxidative Stress in Kidney Transplantation: Malondialdehyde Is an Early Predictive Marker of Graft Dysfunction

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Fonseca, I). 2014. TRANSPLANTATION
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PANCREAS-KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF PATIENTS WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Martins, L). 2014. NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION
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Pancreatic autoantibodies after pancreas-kidney transplantation - do they matter?

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Martins, L. S.). 2014. Clin Transplant
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Posttransplant allosensitization in low immunological risk kidney and kidney-pancreas graft recipients

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Malheiro, J.). 2014. Biomed Res Int
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Recipient Body Mass Index Impact On Kidney Transplantation Outcomes: Results From a Long-Term Follow-Up Mediterranean Cohort.

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Malheiro, J). 2014. TRANSPLANTATION
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Recipient Body Mass Index Impact On Kidney Transplantation Outcomes: Results From a Long-Term Follow-Up Mediterranean Cohort.

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Malheiro, J). 2014. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION
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Sarcopenia among hospitalized patients - A cross-sectional study

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Sousa, A. S.). 2014. Clin Nutr
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Cardiovascular risk factors and events in pancreas-kidney transplants

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Martins, L.). 2013. Transplantation Proceedings
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Hand length as an alternative measurement of height

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Handgrip Strength and Associated Factors in Hospitalized Patients.

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Kidney transplantation in type 2 diabetic patients: A matched survival analysis

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Rocha, A.). 2013. Transplantation Proceedings
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Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in kidney transplantation is an early marker of graft dysfunction and is associated with one-year renal function

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca 2013. Journal of Transplantation
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Noncutaneous neoplasms after kidney transplantation: Analysis at single center

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Rocha, A.). 2013. Transplantation Proceedings
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Pregnancy after kidney transplantation: Graft, mother, and newborn complications

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Rocha, A.). 2013. Transplantation Proceedings
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A comparison between serum creatinine and cystatin C-based equations for estimation of graft function.

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Malheiro, J.). 2012. Transplantation proceedings
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Advantages of kidney transplant precocity in graft long-term survival.

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Malho, A.). 2012. Transplantation proceedings
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Advantages of kidney transplant precocity in graft long-term survival.

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Malho, A.). 2012. Transplantation proceedings
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Hyperuricemia in adult renal allograft recipients: prevalence and predictors.

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Malheiro, J.). 2012. Transplantation proceedings
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Over ten-year kidney graft survival determinants

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Guedes, A.M.). 2012. International Journal of Nephrology
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First-year renal function predicts long-term renal allograft loss

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Fonseca, I.). 2011. Transplantation Proceedings
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Impact of pediatric kidney transplantation on long-term professional and social outcomes

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Rocha, S.). 2011. Transplantation Proceedings
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PANCREAS-KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION - ANALYSIS ON 121 CASES FROM ONE CENTRE

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Martins, L). 2011. TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL
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Erythropoietin production by distal nephron in normal and familial amyloidotic adult human kidneys

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Beirão, I.). 2010. Clinical Nephrology
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Overweight rather than malnutrition is widely prevalent in peritoneal dialysis patients.

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Bernardo, A.P.). 2009. Advances in peritoneal dialysis. Conference on Peritoneal Dialysis
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Predictors of residual renal function loss in peritoneal dialysis: is previous renal transplantation a risk factor?

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Bernardo, A.). 2009. Advances in peritoneal dialysis. Conference on Peritoneal Dialysis
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Steroid Withdrawal in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: A 7-Year Report

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Malheiro, J.). 2009. Transplantation Proceedings
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Steroid Withdrawal in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: A 7-Year Report

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Malheiro, J.). 2009. Transplantation Proceedings
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Impact Assessment in Living Kidney Donation: Psychosocial Aspects in the Donor

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Frade, I.C.). 2008. Transplantation Proceedings
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Long-term treatment of anemia with recombinant human erythropoietin in familial amyloidosis TTR V30M

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Beirão, I.). 2008. Amyloid
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Low erythropoietin production in familial amyloidosis TTR V30M is not related with renal congophilic amyloid deposition: A clinicopathologic study of twelve cases

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Beirão, I.). 2008. Nephron - Clinical Practice
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Low serum levels of prohepcidin, but not hepcidin-25, are related to anemia in familial amyloidosis TTR V30M

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Beirão, I.). 2008. Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases
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Peritoneal membrane evaluation in routine clinical practice

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Rodrigues, A.S.). 2008. Blood Purification
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Liver transplantation and anemia in familial amyloidosis ATTR V30M

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Beirão, I.). 2007. Amyloid
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The Influence of HLA Mismatches and Immunosuppression on Kidney Graft Survival: An Analysis of More Than 1300 Patients

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Martins, L.). 2007. Transplantation Proceedings
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Impact of Hepatitis C Virus on Renal Transplantation: Association With Poor Survival

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Pedroso, S.). 2006. Transplantation Proceedings
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Long-term peritoneal dialysis experience in Portugal

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Rodrigues, A.S.). 2006. International Journal of Artificial Organs
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Peritoneal fast transport in incident peritoneal dialysis patients is not consistently associated with systemic inflammation

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Rodrigues, A.S.). 2006. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
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Renal Transplantation in Patients Over 60 Years of Age: A Single-Center Experience

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Pedroso, S.). 2006. Transplantation Proceedings
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Weight loss and undernutrition in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy of Portuguese type | Emagrecimento e desnutrição na polineuropatia amiloidótica familiar de tipo Português

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Fonseca, I.). 2006. Sinapse
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Immunosuppression with antithymocyte globulin in renal transplantation: Better long-term graft survival

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Martins, L.). 2005. Transplantation Proceedings
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Impact of homocysteinemia on long-term renal transplant survival

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Fonseca, I.). 2005. Transplantation Proceedings
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PLAG1 gene alterations in salivary gland pleomorphic adenoma and carcinoma ex-pleomorphic adenoma: a combined study using chromosome banding, in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Martins, C). 2005. MODERN PATHOLOGY
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End-stage renal disease and dialysis in hereditary amyloidosis TTR V30M: Presentation, survival and prognostic factors

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Lobato, L.). 2004. Amyloid
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Evaluation of effluent markers cancer antigen 125, vascular endothelial growth factor, and interleukin-6: relationship with peritoneal transport.

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Rodrigues, A.). 2004. Advances in peritoneal dialysis. Conference on Peritoneal Dialysis
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Kidney and anemia in familial amyloidosis type I.

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Beirão, I.). 2004. Kidney international
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Kidney and anemia in familial amyloidosis type I.

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Beirão, I.). 2004. Kidney international
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Kinetic modeling studies of ethylene polymerization reactions using supported chromium catalysts

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Matos, I.). 2004. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry
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Homocysteine levels in pediatric renal transplant recipients

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Mota, C.). 2003. Transplantation Proceedings
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Homocysteine levels in pediatric renal transplant recipients

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Mota, C.). 2003. Transplantation Proceedings
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Lipoprotein(A) in renal transplant recipients

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Fonseca, I.). 2002. Transplantation Proceedings
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Lipoprotein(A) in renal transplant recipients

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Fonseca, I.). 2002. Transplantation Proceedings
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Hyperhomocysteinemia in renal transplantation: Preliminary results

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Fonseca, I.). 2000. Transplantation Proceedings
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Hyperhomocysteinemia in renal transplantation: Preliminary results

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Fonseca, I.). 2000. Transplantation Proceedings
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Therapy of post-renal transplantation hyperlipidaemia: Comparative study with simvastatin and fish oil

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Castro, R.). 1997. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
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Therapy of post-renal transplantation hyperlipidaemia: Comparative study with simvastatin and fish oil

Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca (with Castro, R.). 1997. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation