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  1. Incorporating Scoring Risk Models for Care Planning of CKD patients

    Article • June 2020, Sciencedomain International

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas, Dr Angelo Michele Carella

  2. Predict mortality in elderly ESKD patients

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

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  3. 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

  4. Unrecognized Fibrinogen A α-Chain Amyloidosis: Results From Targeted Genetic Testing

    Article • American Journal of Kidney Diseases, August 2017, Elsevier

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  5. 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

  6. The ever-growing understanding of transthyretin amyloidosis nephropathy

    Article • Amyloid, March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  7. Monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance: Diagnostic workup

    Article • World Journal of Nephrology, January 2017, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  8. Low transplantability of 0 blood group and highly sensitized candidates in the Portuguese kidney allocation algorithm: quantifying an old problem in search of new solutions

    Article • HLA, September 2016, Wiley

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  9. ANCA-positive vasculitis: Clinical implications of ANCA types and titers

    Article • Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, August 2016, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Endocarditis and spondylodiscitis associated with tunneled cuffed hemodialysis catheters: hospitalizations with poor outcomes

    Article • The International Journal of Artificial Organs, January 2015, Wichtig

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  13. Estimating glomerular filtration rate in kidney transplantation: Still searching for the best marker

    Article • World Journal of Nephrology, January 2015, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  14. Homozygosity for the E526V Mutation in Fibrinogen A Alpha-Chain Amyloidosis: The First Report

    Article • Case Reports in Nephrology, January 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  15. Renal Transplantation in Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Positive Patients: A Report of Four Cases

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, July 2014, Elsevier

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  16. Oxidative Stress in Kidney Transplantation

    Article • Transplantation, May 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Isabel Fonseca, Henrique Reguengo, Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  17. Cryptococcal infection in non-HIV immunosuppressed patients – Three case reports in a nephrology setting

    Article • Medical Mycology Case Reports, January 2014, Elsevier

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  18. Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin in Kidney Transplantation Is an Early Marker of Graft Dysfunction and Is Associated with One-Year Renal Function

    Article • Journal of Transplantation, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  19. Metformin in patients with chronic kidney disease: strengths and weaknesses

    Article • Journal of Nephrology, May 2012, SAGE Publications

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  20. Midregional proadrenomedullin (MR-proADM) is a powerful predictor of early death in AL amyloidosis

    Article • Amyloid, November 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  21. Abstracts

    Article • Amyloid, June 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

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

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, January 2011, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca, Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  23. Characterization of End-Stage Renal Disease After Liver Transplantation in Transthyretin Amyloidosis (ATTR V30M)

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, January 2011, Elsevier

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  24. One Hundred Eleven Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantations: 10-Year Experience from a Single Center in Portugal

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, January 2011, Elsevier

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

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

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, April 2009, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca, Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  26. Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Humoral Kidney Allograft Rejection

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, April 2009, Elsevier

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

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

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, April 2008, Elsevier

    Isabel Fonseca, Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  28. 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

  29. After first graft loss: regraft or stay on dialysis? A comparative study

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, December 2000, Elsevier

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas

  30. Effects of fish oil in cyclosporine-treated renal transplant recipients

    Article • Transplantation Proceedings, December 2000, Elsevier

    Josefina Maria Sousa Lascasas