Patricia Silva, PhD

Patrícia holds her PhD in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases from the Leiden University Medical Center in Leiden, The Netherlands. She has studied Applied Biology at Universidade do Minho and was a postdoctoral research fellow at Instituto de Medicina Molecular in Lisbon, Portugal. Her work has been focused on molecular genetic traits of infectious agents such as viruses and parasites.

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Articles by Patricia Silva, PhD

Pediatric Discoid Lupus Erythematosus: Risk of Progression to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Disease Phenotype

Researchers at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago recently characterized the risk of progression from discoid lupus…

Researchers Report Two Predictors of Neuropsychological Dysfunction in Lupus Patients

Researchers at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset, New York recently published in the journal…

Case Reports Outline Successful Administration of H.P. Acthar Gel in Patients with Kidney Disorders

Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals recently announced two presentations during the 2015 Spring Clinical Meetings of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF)…

Corticosteroid Use Over Time Increases the Risk of Organ Damage in Lupus Patients

Researchers at Eli Lilly and Company, the University of Maryland School of Medicine and The Johns…

Lupus-Related Gene Found to Induce Stem Cell Dysfunction

Researchers at the University of Florida published in The Journal of Immunology their findings of…

Higher Autoimmune Disease Incidence in NY Residents and Rescue/Recovery Workers Exposed to the Debris of the World Trade Center Attack

Larry Bruce / Shutterstock.com A collaboration involving four medical centers in New York and the…

Successful Combination Therapy for Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in a Child with SLE Reviewed

Researchers at the Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center recently published in the…

Study Supports New Instrument for Evaluation of Lupus Disease Activity

A recent study published in the journal Lupus Science & Medicine showed that preliminary results support…

Researchers Reveal a Promising Therapeutic Control Mechanism for Inflammation

A study recently published in the journal Nature Immunology revealed a protein that is able to…

The Rate of Serious Infections in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients is Increasing

Researchers at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH) and…