Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease which causes hardening of the skin. This can result in a loss of mobility, and…
PatrĂcia Silva, PhD
PatrĂcia holds a PhD in medical microbiology and infectious diseases from the Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands, and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal. Her work in academia was mainly focused on molecular biology and the genetic traits of infectious agents such as viruses and parasites. PatrĂcia earned several travel awards to present her work at international scientific meetings. She is a published author of several peer-reviewed science articles.
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Registration is open for the Scleroderma Foundation‘s 2017 National Patient Education Conference, July 21-23 in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler, Arizona.
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