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Mariana Ivanova


Dr. Mariana Ivanova, MD, PhD was graduated in medicine in 1993. She underwent specialty training in internal medicine and rheumatology. At present she is a Head of the Rheumatology Clinic of University Hospital “St. Ivan Rilski” and Professor in the Department of Internal medicine of Medical Faculty, Medical University - Sofia, Bulgaria. She has completed her PhD degree in 2013, based on research in the field of ankylosing spondylitis. Since Nov. 2019 she is a full member of the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) group. Dr. M. Ivanova has published research on molecular biological, immunological and clinical studies in radiographic axial spondyloarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus, evaluation of cardiovascular risk in gout and serum biomarkers in knee osteoarthritis.

Full name: Mariana Ivanova

Current country: Bulgaria

Membership level: Full

Type of membership: Member

Number of publications: 7

Psychometric validation of the Bulgarian Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life (ASQoL) questionnaire: linking quality of life with disease activity in axial spondyloarthritis. (2026)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41736162/

Axial Spondyloarthritis: an overview of the disease (2024)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38689098/

The genesis of cardiovascular risk in inflammatory arthritis: insights into glycocalyx shedding, endothelial dysfunction, and atherosclerosis initiation. (2023)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37581758/

The synergistic role of TNFA −308G/A and IL10 −1082A/G polymorphisms in ankylosing spondylitis (2021)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34480606/

Comparisons of +3179G/A insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor gene distribution between two inflammatory arthritides and healthy adults (2021)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8418762/

Genetic variations in the IL-12B gene in association with IL-23 and IL-12p40 serum levels in ankylosing spondylitis (2019)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30443744/

Association of single nucleotide polymorphism at position -308 of the tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene with ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis (2014)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26019597/