bachelor's at Medicina from Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (1981), bachelor's at Medicina from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (1978) and doctorate at Medicina from Universidade de São Paulo (1991). Has experience in Medicine, focusing on Rheumatology, acting on the following subjects: systemic lupus erythematosus, lúpus eritematoso sistêmico, autoantibodies, auto-anticorpos and atherosclerosis. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The rapid expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic in the world caused the need to adopt new strategies for the organization of health systems and services. In a scenario where the demand quickly exceeded the usual capacity of health services, especially in relation to beds in intensive care units (ICU), there was an urgent need to increase this structure and offer it to the network. In this co…
No drug treatment is completely free of risk and lack of response, adverse events and poor adherence may affect its effectiveness. There is also a large inter-individual variability in response to treatments with regard to efficacy and toxicity, and for many drugs, there is also a period of weeks to months to establish its efficacy. In this regard, this project aims to evaluate the import…
No drug treatment is completely free of risk and lack of response, adverse events and poor adherence may affect its effectiveness. There is also a large inter-individual variability in response to treatments with regard to efficacy and toxicity, and for many drugs, there is also a period of weeks to months to establish its efficacy. Within this context, this project aims to evaluate the i…
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Acute COVID-19 infection typically takes about 2 weeks to resolve. Severe cases of acute infection can last for 3 or 6 weeks depending on the severity1,2. However, some patients have symptoms that can last for weeks or even months. The World Health Organization classifies as post-covid-19 syndrome, any persistent manifestation of at least 28 days after the first symptom of acute infection…
Coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) has proven to be the biggest health challenge since 2019. Vaccination is considered the most effective measure to prevent the spread, hospitalizations, and deaths related to COVID-19. However, more studies focused on more specific populations such as people suffering from autoimmune rheumatic diseases are still needed to make better use of the available…
Hidroxychloroquine (HCQ) has an exceptional immunomodulatory role in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and subtherapy or withdrawal is associated with disease activation. In adult SLE, it has been reported that HCQ blood concentrations below 1000ng/ml are associated with disease activity and are a strong predictor of exacerbation in the subsequent six months. Therapeutic drug monitoring…
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