Margarida Maia

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Articles by Margarida Maia

Team approach to lupus care being tested at Duke Health

A new project incubating at Duke Advanced Practice Provider Leadership Institute (APPLI) seeks to foster a team approach to…

Double-reactive autoantibodies linked to worse SLE disease activity

A type of anti-DNA autoantibodies that also block an enzyme called DNase1L3 may cause more harm to people with…

Rezpeg tamps down disease activity; fails to meet ISLAND primary goal

A middle dose of rezpegaldesleukin, an experimental medicine being developed by Nektar Therapeutics, led to clinically meaningful gains in…

Urine Levels of G3BP Protein May Show Lupus Nephritis in SLE Patients

A test of galectin-3-binding protein (G3BP) levels in the urine is an easy way to distinguish lupus nephritis, an inflammation…