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  1. Adjuvant Dapagliflozin in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Diabetes and Heart Failure—An Observational Exploratory Study

    Article • Diabetology, June 2026, MDPI AG

    Isabel Fonseca

  2. Managing peritoneal dialysis catheter after kidney transplant

    Article • Bulletin de la Dialyse à Domicile, March 2026, Registre de Dialyse Peritoneale de Langue Francaise (RDPLF)

    Isabel Fonseca

  3. Real-World Outcomes of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Post-Transplant Diabetes Mellitus: An Effectiveness and Safety Analysis

    Article • Diabetes Epidemiology and Management, January 2026, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  4. Living Kidney Donor Perceptions About Organ Donation: Who are They, and How Do They Feel About the Process?

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, September 2025, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  5. Psychological Outcomes in a Cohort of Portuguese Living Kidney Donors

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, September 2025, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  6. Insights Into Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes: An Approach Using Competing Risks Analysis

    Article • Seminars in Dialysis, April 2025, Wiley

    Isabel Fonseca

  7. Preoperative mapping and multidisciplinary team are the key to success of arteriovenous access for hemodialysis

    Article • Nefrología (English Edition), May 2024, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  8. Agonistas do Receptor de Peptídeo Semelhante ao Glucagon-1 em Transplantados Renais - Estudo Retrospectivo de um Centro Hospitalar

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Transplantation, April 2024, Associacao Brasileira de Transplantes de Orgaos

    Isabel Fonseca

  9. Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists in Kidney Transplant Recipients – A Retrospective Single Center Study

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Transplantation, April 2024, Associacao Brasileira de Transplantes de Orgaos

    Isabel Fonseca

  10. Comunicação na Prática Clínica, a Perspetiva dos Doentes com Cancro: Tradução do Questionário PACE (Patient Assessment Of Cancer Communication Experiences) para Português

    Article • Acta Médica Portuguesa, February 2021, Ordem dos Medicos

    Isabel Fonseca

  11. Predict mortality in elderly ESKD patients

    Article • Kidney and Blood Pressure Research, December 2019, Karger Publishers

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas, Isabel Fonseca

  12. Demographic, clinical characteristics and cardiovascular disease burden in a Portuguese cohort of older chronic kidney disease patients

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Nephrology, March 2019, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas, Isabel Fonseca

  13. Adenovirus infection—A rare cause of interstitial nephritis in kidney transplant

    Article • Nefrología, January 2019, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  14. The association between 25(OH)D levels, frailty status and obesity indices in older adults

    Article • PLOS One, August 2018, PLOS

    Isabel Fonseca

  15. Family dynamics in transthyretin-related familial amyloid polyneuropathy Val30Met: Does genetic risk affect family functioning?

    Article • Clinical Genetics, August 2018, Wiley

    Isabel Fonseca

  16. Psychopathological dimensions in subjects with hereditary ATTR V30M amyloidosis and their relation with life events due to the disease

    Article • Amyloid, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Isabel Fonseca

  17. Life paths of patients with transthyretin-related familial amyloid polyneuropathy Val30Met: a descriptive study

    Article • Journal of Community Genetics, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Jorge Sequeiros, Isabel Fonseca

  18. ESPEN diagnostic criteria for malnutrition – A validation study in hospitalized patients

    Article • Clinical Nutrition, October 2017, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  19. 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?

    Article • Human Immunology, September 2017, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  20. Role of de novo donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies in kidney graft failure: A case-control study

    Article • HLA, August 2017, Wiley

    Isabel Fonseca

  21. End-stage renal disease versus death in a Portuguese cohort of elderly patients: an approach using competing event analysis

    Article • Journal of Investigative Medicine, July 2017, BMJ

    Isabel Fonseca, Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  22. Comparison of Jamar and Bodygrip Dynamometers for Handgrip Strength Measurement

    Article • The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, July 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Isabel Fonseca

  23. Triceps skinfold compressibility in hospitalized patients

    Article • Nutrición Hospitalaria, June 2017, Sociedad Espanola de Nutricion Parenteral y Enteral (SENPE)

    Isabel Fonseca

  24. Incorporating Scoring Risk Models for Care Planning of the Elderly with Chronic Kidney Disease

    Article • Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research, January 2017, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Isabel Fonseca

  25. Determining donor-specific antibody C1q-binding ability improves the prediction of antibody-mediated rejection in human leucocyte antigen-incompatible kidney transplantation

    Article • Transplant International, November 2016, Wiley

    Isabel Fonseca

  26. Effects of Posture and Body Mass Index on Body Girth Assessment

    Article • Nutrition in Clinical Practice, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Isabel Fonseca

  27. Financial impact of sarcopenia on hospitalization costs

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Isabel Fonseca

  28. Advanced Glycation End Products Evolution after Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: Plasmatic and Cutaneous Assessments

    Article • Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, January 2016, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Isabel Fonseca

  29. Sarcopenia and length of hospital stay

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Isabel Fonseca

  30. Sarcopenia among hospitalized patients – A cross-sectional study

    Article • Clinical Nutrition, December 2015, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  31. A triple-biomarker approach for the detection of delayed graft function after kidney transplantation using serum creatinine, cystatin C, and malondialdehyde

    Article • Clinical Biochemistry, November 2015, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca, Henrique Reguengo, Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  32. Impact ofde novodonor-specific anti-HLA antibodies on grafts outcomes in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation

    Article • Transplant International, September 2015, Wiley

    Isabel Fonseca

  33. Usefulness of Six Diagnostic and Screening Measures for Undernutrition in Predicting Length of Hospital Stay: A Comparative Analysis

    Article • Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, June 2015, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  34. Analysis of preformed donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies characteristics for prediction of antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplantation

    Article • Transplant Immunology, March 2015, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  35. The effect of delayed graft function on graft and patient survival in kidney transplantation: an approach using competing events analysis

    Article • Transplant International, February 2015, Wiley

    Isabel Fonseca

  36. Leptin and Adiponectin During the First Week After Kidney Transplantation: Biomarkers of Graft Dysfunction?

    Article • Metabolism, February 2015, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca, Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  37. Health-related quality of life may improve after transplantation in pancreas-kidney recipients

    Article • Clinical Transplantation, January 2015, Wiley

    Isabel Fonseca

  38. Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy treatment with Tafamidis – evaluation of one- and two-year treatment in Porto, Portugal

    Article • Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Isabel Fonseca

  39. Comparative analysis of undernutrition screening and diagnostic tools as predictors of hospitalisation costs

    Article • Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, December 2014, Wiley

    Isabel Fonseca

  40. Handgrip strength measurement as a predictor of hospitalization costs

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Isabel Fonseca

  41. Adipokines in Peritoneal Dialysis: Relevant Clinical Impact According to Body Composition

    Article • Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, November 2014, Wiley

    Isabel Fonseca

  42. Handgrip strength cutoff values for undernutrition screening at hospital admission

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Isabel Fonseca

  43. Oxidative Stress in Kidney Transplantation

    Article • Transplantation, May 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Isabel Fonseca, Henrique Reguengo, Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  44. Pancreatic autoantibodies after pancreas-kidney transplantation - do they matter?

    Article • Clinical Transplantation, March 2014, Wiley

    Isabel Fonseca

  45. Posttransplant Allosensitization in Low Immunological Risk Kidney and Kidney-Pancreas Graft Recipients

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Isabel Fonseca

  46. Handgrip Strength and Associated Factors in Hospitalized Patients

    Article • Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, November 2013, Wiley

    Isabel Fonseca

  47. Hand length as an alternative measurement of height

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Isabel Fonseca

  48. Kidney Transplantation in Type 2 Diabetic Patients: A Matched Survival Analysis

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, July 2013, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  49. Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Events in Pancreas-Kidney Transplants

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, April 2013, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  50. Noncutaneous Neoplasms After Kidney Transplantation: Analysis at Single Center

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, April 2013, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  51. Pregnancy After Kidney Transplantation: Graft, Mother, and Newborn Complications

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, April 2013, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  52. A Comparison Between Serum Creatinine and Cystatin C-Based Equations for Estimation of Graft Function

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, October 2012, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  53. Advantages of Kidney Transplant Precocity in Graft Long-Term Survival

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, October 2012, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  54. Hyperuricemia in Adult Renal Allograft Recipients: Prevalence and Predictors

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, October 2012, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  55. Over Ten-Year Kidney Graft Survival Determinants

    Article • International Journal of Nephrology, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Isabel Fonseca

  56. First-Year Renal Function Predicts Long-Term Renal Allograft Loss

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, January 2011, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca, Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  57. Impact of Pediatric Kidney Transplantation on Long-Term Professional and Social Outcomes

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, January 2011, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  58. Steroid Withdrawal in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: A 7-Year Report

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, April 2009, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca, Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  59. Low serum levels of prohepcidin, but not hepcidin-25, are related to anemia in familial amyloidosis TTR V30M

    Article • Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases, September 2008, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  60. Impact Assessment in Living Kidney Donation: Psychosocial Aspects in the Donor

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, April 2008, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca, Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  61. Long-term treatment of anemia with recombinant human erythropoietin in familial amyloidosis TTR V30M

    Article • Amyloid, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Isabel Fonseca

  62. Low Erythropoietin Production in Familial Amyloidosis TTR V30M Is Not Related with Renal Congophilic Amyloid Deposition

    Article • Nephron Clinical Practice, January 2008, Karger Publishers

    Isabel Fonseca

  63. The Influence of HLA Mismatches and Immunosuppression on Kidney Graft Survival: An Analysis of More Than 1300 Patients

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, October 2007, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca, Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  64. Peritoneal Membrane Evaluation in Routine Clinical Practice

    Article • Blood Purification, January 2007, Karger Publishers

    Isabel Fonseca

  65. Liver transplantation and anemia in familial amyloidosis ATTR V30M

    Article • Amyloid, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Isabel Fonseca

  66. Impact of Hepatitis C Virus on Renal Transplantation: Association With Poor Survival

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, July 2006, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  67. Renal Transplantation in Patients Over 60 Years of Age: A Single-Center Experience

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, July 2006, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  68. Peritoneal fast transport in incident peritoneal dialysis patients is not consistently associated with systemic inflammation

    Article • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, December 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Isabel Fonseca

  69. Immunosuppression With Antithymocyte Globulin in Renal Transplantation: Better Long-Term Graft Survival

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, July 2005, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  70. Impact of Homocysteinemia on Long-Term Renal Transplant Survival

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, July 2005, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  71. PLAG1 gene alterations in salivary gland pleomorphic adenoma and carcinoma ex-pleomorphic adenoma: a combined study using chromosome banding, in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry

    Article • Modern Pathology, May 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Isabel Fonseca

  72. Kidney and anemia in familial amyloidosis type I

    Article • Kidney International, November 2004, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  73. End-stage renal disease and dialysis in hereditary amyloidosis TTR V30M: presentation, survival and prognostic factors

    Article • Amyloid, March 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Jorge Sequeiros, Isabel Fonseca

  74. Kinetic modeling studies of ethylene polymerization reactions using supported chromium catalysts

    Article • Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry, January 2004, Wiley

    Isabel Fonseca

  75. Homocysteine levels in pediatric renal transplant recipients

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, May 2003, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  76. Lipoprotein(A) in renal transplant recipients

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, February 2002, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  77. Hyperhomocysteinemia in renal transplantation: preliminary results

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, December 2000, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca

  78. Therapy of post-renal transplantation hyperlipidaemia: comparative study with simvastatin and fish oil

    Article • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, October 1997, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Isabel Fonseca