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A Physiological Approach to Recurrent Nephrolithiasis and its Genetic Determinants
Moreira Fonseca, N; Livrozet, M; Varga-Poussou, R; Letavernier, E; Frochot, V; Daudon, M; Haymann, JPWe report a case of a 63-year-old patient with recurrent nephrolithiasis for over 40 years and a significant family history of nephrolithiasis. The patient underwent full investigation at our department. He presented hypercalcemia, hypophosphatemia and hypercalciuria, with parathyroid hormone level in the normal range. A calcium load test and a fluorocholine PET-CT excluded primary hyperparathyroidism. Abnormal...
A Case of Bortezomib-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy in a Multiple Myelom...
Moreira Fonseca, N; Cardoso, F; Monteiro, M; Góis, M; Sousa, H; Fidalgo, T; Calado, J; Nolasco, FBortezomib is a first-generation proteasome inhibitor used in the treatment of multiple myeloma. We present a case of a 70-year-old woman with multiple myeloma, who presented thrombotic microangiopathy with multi-organ involvement thrombotic microangiopathy (ocular, cardiac, and renal) after bortezomib initiation. A kidney biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of thrombotic microangiopathy. A temporal relation between...
Kidney Allocation: New Contributions to an Ongoing Challenge
Moreira Fonseca, N; Nolasco, F
Conflict of Interest Disclosure in a Top-Tier Portuguese Medical Journal
Moreira Fonseca, NINTRODUCTION: Scientific medical publications are considered to be a source of unbiased and independent information. Authors are required to disclose relationships with the pharmaceutical industry for transparency purposes. The aim of this work was to assess conflict of interest disclosure in a Portuguese top-tier medical journal by comparing authors' self-reported conflicts of interest with payments listed in ...