Maria José Rego de Sousa

Assistant Professor
maria josé germano de sousa

Generic Bio

Participation in Católica Medical School

  • Coordination of the curricular unit Regulation and Integration 
  • Responsible for Laboratory Medicine classes integrated in the 1st year curricular units
  • Member of the Pedagogic Council
  • Mentoring

Field of Work

Clinical Pathology - Laboratorial Medicine

Profissional Activity

  • Germano de Sousa Center for Laboratory Medicine

Education

  • Degree and PhD in Medicine

Summary of Professional Career

  • Graduation in Medicine, 1995
  • Master in Biochemistry, 2000
  • PhD in Medicine, 2014
  • Graduate Assistant at Fernando da Fonseca Hospital, 2001 - 2015
  • Responsible for the Medical Department of the Centro de Medicina Laboratorial Germano de Sousa, 2002 - to date
  • Responsible for the Quality Department of the Centro de Medicina Laboratorial Germano de Sousa, 2002 - to date
  • Responsible for the Training Department at the Centro de Medicina Laboratorial Germano de Sousa, 2002 - to date
  • Responsible for the Germano de Sousa Research Center, 2002 - to date
  • Responsible for the Immunology Department of the Germano de Sousa Laboratorial Medicine Center
  • Responsible for the Infant Foot Department at Germano de Sousa Laboratory Medicine Center
  • Professor of Laboratory Medicine at Nova Medical School

 

Languages

Portuguese | English | French | Spanish

 

Other Interests

  • Traveling with friends and family
  • Visiting museums and art exhibitions
  • Music concerts
  • Collecting
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Detection of antinuclear antibodies: recommendations from EFLM, EASI and ICAP

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Carolien Bonroy). 2023. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)
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Pooling Saliva Sample as an Effective Strategy for the Systematic CMV Screening of Newborns—A Multicentric Prospective Study

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Maria-Jesus Chasqueira). 2023. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
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Lower prevalence of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in Portugal: possible impact of COVID-19 lockdown?

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Catarina Fernandez). 2022. European Journal of Pediatrics
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Gut Microbiota Diversity and C-Reactive Protein Are Predictors of Disease Severity in COVID-19 Patients

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with André Moreira-Rosário). 2021. Frontiers in Microbiology
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International Consensus on Antinuclear Antibody em Portugal

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Sousa, Maria José). 2021. Acta Médica Portuguesa
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Longitudinal SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Portugal and antibody maintenance 12 months after infection

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Canto e Castro, Luísa). 2021. European Journal of Immunology
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Longitudinal SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Portugal and antibody maintenance 12 months after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Luísa Canto e Castro). 2021.
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Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies after First 6 Months of COVID-19 Pandemic, Portugal

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Luísa Canto e Castro). 2021. Emerging Infectious Diseases
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on autoimmune diagnostics in Europe: A lesson to be learned

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Eszter Nagy). 2021. Autoimmunity Reviews
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2020 international consensus on ANCA testing beyond systemic vasculitis

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Moiseev, Sergey). 2020. Autoimmunity Reviews
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AB0511 INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS ON ANCA TESTING AND INTERPRETATION BEYOND SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Moiseev, S.). 2020. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
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Current laboratory and clinical practices in reporting and interpreting anti-nuclear antibody indirect immunofluorescence (ANA IIF) patterns: results of an international survey

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Van Hoovels, Lieve). 2020. Autoimmunity Highlights
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Evaluation of Noninvasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) guidelines using the AGREE II instrument

Maria José Rego de Sousa & Pedro Mateus (with Maria José Rego de Sousa). 2020. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
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Quality and best practice in medical laboratories: specific requests for autoimmunity testing

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Ulrich Sack). 2020. Autoimmunity Highlights
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First trimester combined screening in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: impact of pre-analytical variables on risk assessment

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Maria José Rego de Sousa). 2019. Clinical Rheumatology
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Seroprevalence of Bordetella pertussis in Healthcare Workers in a Portuguese Hospital

Maria José Rego de Sousa 2019. Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics
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An international survey on anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) testing in daily clinical practice

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Damoiseaux, J.). 2018. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
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Lawsonella clevelandensis as the causative agent of a breast abscess

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Favila Menezes, M.). 2018. IDCases
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Impact of Labor on Peripheral Blood Maternal T-Cell Subsets and on Regulatory T and B Cells

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Lima, J.). 2017. Reproductive Sciences
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Regulatory T Cells Show Dynamic Behavior during Late Pregnancy, Delivery, and the Postpartum Period

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Lima, J.). 2017. Reproductive Sciences
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Characterization of B cells in healthy pregnant women from late pregnancy to post-partum: A prospective observational study

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Lima, J.). 2016. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Cell-free DNA testing: How to choose which laboratory to use?

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Jani, J.). 2015. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Counseling for non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT): What pregnant women may want to know

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Oepkes, D.). 2014. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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From ANA-screening to antigen-specificity: An EASI-survey on the daily practice in European countries

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Damoiseaux, J.). 2014. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
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Genetic and Phenotypic Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes from Human Clinical Cases That Occurred in Portugal Between 2008 and 2012

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Magalhães, Rui). 2014. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
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International recommendations for the assessment of autoantibodies to cellular antigens referred to as anti-nuclear antibodies

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Agmon-Levin, N.). 2014. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
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IgE-mediated metamizol allergy and the usefulness of the cellular allergen stimulation test

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Couto, M.). 2012. European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
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Transient igm monoclonal gammopathy in an asthmatic child

Maria José Rego de Sousa (with Palma-Carlos, A.-G.). 2007. European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
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