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Maria das Graças Almeida
Researcher at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Publications - 86
Citations - 1247
Maria das Graças Almeida is an academic researcher from Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Chemistry. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 74 publications receiving 1019 citations.
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Osteopenia: a bone disorder associated with diabetes mellitus.
Valéria M.G. Duarte,Ana Maria de Oliveira Ramos,Luciana Augusto de Rezende,Ulisvaldo Brunno de Oliveira Macedo,José Brandão-Neto,Maria das Graças Almeida,Adriana Augusto de Rezende +6 more
TL;DR: The findings support the conclusion that the diabetic state is associated with alterations in bone turnover, resulting in the development of osteopenia, which is related to the time of evolution of the disorder.
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Plasma lipid profile and lipid peroxidation in overweight or obese children and adolescents
Severina Carla Vieira Cunha Lima,Ricardo Fernando Arrais,Maria das Graças Almeida,Zélia M. de Souza,Lucia Fatima Campos Pedrosa +4 more
TL;DR: In the present population, the greatest alterations in lipid profile were observed in obese and overweight males, and Plasma lipid peroxidation was more evident in obese males and females.
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Low bone mineral density is associated to poor glycemic control and increased OPG expression in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
Melina Bezerra Loureiro,Marcela Abbott Galvão Ururahy,Francisco Paulo Freire-Neto,Gustavo Henrique de Medeiros Oliveira,Valéria M.G. Duarte,André Ducati Luchessi,José Brandão-Neto,Rosario Dominguez Crespo Hirata,Mario Hiroyuki Hirata,José Jorge Maciel-Neto,Ricardo Fernando Arrais,Maria das Graças Almeida,Adriana Augusto de Rezende +12 more
TL;DR: Children and adolescents with early onset T1D presented low bone mineral density associated to unsatisfactory glycemic control, increased OPG mRNA expression and low osteocalcin concentration.
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Beneficial effects of oral chromium picolinate supplementation on glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes: A randomized clinical study.
Ana N. Paiva,Josivan Gomes de Lima,Anna Cecília Queiroz de Medeiros,Heverton A.O. Figueiredo,Raiana L. de Andrade,Marcela Abbott Galvão Ururahy,Adriana Augusto de Rezende,José Brandão-Neto,Maria das Graças Almeida +8 more
TL;DR: Chromium picolinate supplementation had a beneficial effect on glycemic control in patients with poorly controlled T2DM, without affecting the lipid profile.
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Effect of end-stage renal disease and diabetes on zinc and copper status.
Maria Nazaré Batista,Lilian Cuppari,Lucia Fatima Campos Pedrosa,Maria das Graças Almeida,José Bruno de Almeida,Anna Cecília Queiroz de Medeiros,Maria Eugiènia F Canziani +6 more
TL;DR: An alteration in the distribution of zinc of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) independently of the presence of DM is demonstrated and the status of copper seems not to be influenced by CKD, but only by the metabolic derangements associated with diabetes.