Many of the symptoms of erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP), a form of porphyria, may not be reported fully…
Margarida Maia, PhD
Margarida is a biochemist (University of Porto, Portugal) with a PhD in biomedical sciences (VIB and KULeuven, Belgium). Her main interest is science communication. She is also passionate about design and the dialogue between art and science.
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Articles by Margarida Maia, PhD
Many people with acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) in Japan already have complications related to their disease at the time they’re…
A boy in Iran was found to carry two copies of a previously unknown mutation in the PPOX gene that…
Patients with acute porphyria have a higher risk of developing primary liver cancer, a Swedish study has found. Researchers…
A young woman with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) experienced neuropathic pain — a type of pain caused by nerve…
Women with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) receiving once-weekly preventive treatment with heme arginate — given as an intravenous or…
A young pregnant woman was diagnosed with acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) after her urine was found to glow pink under…
Poorly working mitochondria — small energy-producing cell compartments — may drive muscle weakness or wasting in a new mouse model…