Isabel Maria da Silva Fonseca

Docente Convidado(a)

Biografia

Formação Académica:
Isabel Fonseca licenciou-se em Ciências da Nutrição pela Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação da Universidade do Porto em 1994. No ano 2000 concluiu o Mestrado em Saúde Pública (especialização em Bioestatística) pela Faculdade de Medicina e Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da Universidade do Porto (ICBAS/UP). Em 2015 doutorou-se em Ciências Biomédicas pelo ICBAS/UP, com a tese intitulada “Fatores preditivos de disfunção e perda do enxerto renal a longo prazo”.

Cargos Atuais:
Nutricionista no Serviço de Nefrologia e Unidade Corino de Andrade do Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto (CHUPorto) (desde 1995).

Responsável pela Área dos Projetos de Investigação do Serviço de Investigação Clínica do Departamento de Ensino, Formação e Investigação do CHUPorto (desde 2006).

Professora Auxiliar Convidada na Escola Superior de Biotecnologia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Porto), onde leciona a Unidade Curricular de Patologia e Nutrição II) na Licenciatura de Ciências da Nutrição (desde 2018).

Atividades de Investigação e Interesse:
Investigadora integrada na Unidade Multidisciplinar de Investigação Biomédica (UMIB) e investigadora colaboradora da Unidade de Investigação Epidemiológica (EPIUnit) do Laboratório para a Investigação Integrativa e Translacional em Saúde da População (ITR).

As principais áreas de investigação estão relacionadas com a doença e o transplante renal, com foco em biomarcadores de disfunção renal, análise de sobrevivência e modelos prognósticos. Tem particular interesse em metodologias de avaliação nutricional e de investigação.

Publicou mais de 50 artigos científicos em revistas internacionais, nove dos quais como primeira autora, e um capítulo de livro.

Outras

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. Clin Biochem
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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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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

Artigo

Handgrip Strength and Associated Factors in Hospitalized Patients.

Artigo

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