Oswaldo Castro

17.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
169 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Oswaldo Castro is a scholar working on Genetics, Hematology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Oswaldo Castro has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 150 papers in Genetics, 117 papers in Hematology and 25 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Oswaldo Castro's work include Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (150 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (94 papers) and Blood groups and transfusion (41 papers). Oswaldo Castro is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (150 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (94 papers) and Blood groups and transfusion (41 papers). Oswaldo Castro collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Oswaldo Castro's co-authors include Donald Brambilla, Martin H. Steinberg, Wendell F. Rosse, Paul Milner, Panpit Klug, Orah S. Platt, Sohail Rana, Mark T. Gladwin, Victor R. Gordeuk and Gregory J. Kato and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Oswaldo Castro

163 papers receiving 10.9k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Mortality In Sickle Cell Disease -- Life Expectancy and Risk Factors for Early Death

1994 2.5k citations Oswaldo Castro, Martin H. Steinberg et al. profile →
Pulmonary Hypertension as a Risk Factor for Death in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease

2004 916 citations Mark T. Gladwin, Vandana Sachdev et al. profile →
The acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease: incidence and risk factors. The Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease

1994 550 citations Oswaldo Castro et al. Blood profile →
The acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease: incidence and risk factors. The Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease

1994 513 citations Oswaldo Castro et al. Blood profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Iron restriction in sickle cell disease: When less is more 2024 ·American Journal of Hematology ·Oswaldo Castro, Lucia De Franceschi, Tomas Ganz, Julie Kanter, Gregory J. Kato, Sant‐Rayn Pasricha, Stefano Rivella, John C. Wood	4
2	EE443 Burden of Hospitalization Related to Adult Herpes Zoster Infection in Portugal 2023 ·Value in Health ·Fernando Silva, (unknown), (unknown), Oswaldo Castro, (unknown), L. Silva Miguel, (unknown), (unknown), Margarida Borges	0
3	An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension of Sickle Cell Disease 2014 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Elizabeth S. Klings, Roberto F. Machado, Robyn J. Barst, Claudia R. Morris, Kamal K. Mubarak, Victor R. Gordeuk, Gregory J. Kato, Kenneth I. Ataga, J. Simon R. Gibbs, Oswaldo Castro, Erika B. Rosenzweig, Namita Sood, Lewis L. Hsu, Kevin C. Wilson, Marilyn J. Telen, Laura DeCastro, Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, Martin H. Steinberg, David B. Badesch, Mark T. Gladwin	155
4	Genetic determinants of haemolysis in sickle cell anaemia 2013 ·British Journal of Haematology ·Jacqueline N. Milton, Helen Rooks, Emma Drašar, Elizabeth L. McCabe, Clinton T. Baldwin, (unknown), Victor R. Gordeuk, Mehdi Nouraie, Gregory J. Kato, Caterina P. Minniti, James G. Taylor, Andrew Campbell, Lori Luchtman‐Jones, Sohail Rana, Oswaldo Castro, Yingze Zhang, Swee Lay Thein, Paola Sebastiani, Mark T. Gladwin, (unknown), (unknown)	37
5	Hemodynamic Predictors of Mortality in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease 2013 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Alem Mehari, Shoaib Alam, Xin Tian, Michael J. Cuttica, Christopher F. Barnett, George Miles, Dihua Xu, Catherine Seamon, Patricia Adams‐Graves, Oswaldo Castro, Caterina P. Minniti, Vandana Sachdev, James G. Taylor, Gregory J. Kato, Roberto F. Machado	92
6	Reduced sensitivity of the ferroportin Q248H mutant to physiological concentrations of hepcidin 2012 ·Haematologica ·(unknown), Min Xu, (unknown), Ishmael Kasvosve, (unknown), Roberto F. Machado, Oswaldo Castro, Gregory J. Kato, James G. Taylor, Victor R. Gordeuk	23
7	Elevated tricuspid regurgitation velocity and decline in exercise capacity over 22 months of follow up in children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia 2010 ·Haematologica ·Victor R. Gordeuk, Caterina P. Minniti, Mehdi Nouraie, Andrew Campbell, Sohail Rana, Lori Luchtman‐Jones, Craig Sable, Niti Dham, Gregory J. Ensing, Josef T. Prchal, Gregory J. Kato, Mark T. Gladwin, Oswaldo Castro	62
8	Prospective Echocardiography Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension and Its Potential Etiologies in Children With Sickle Cell Disease††Conflicts of interest: Dr. Gordeuk has received grants from BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, California, and Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Allschwil, Switzerland, and is a consultant for Ikaria Holdings, Clinton, New Jersey. 2009 ·The American Journal of Cardiology ·Niti Dham, Gregory J. Ensing, Caterina P. Minniti, Andrew Campbell, Manuel Arteta, Sohail Rana, Deepika S. Darbari, Mehdi Nouraie, Onyinye Onyekwere, (unknown), Gregory J. Kato, Mark T. Gladwin, Oswaldo Castro, Victor R. Gordeuk, Craig Sable	44
9	Accuracy of Family History of Hemochromatosis or Iron Overload: The Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening Study 2008 ·Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology ·Ronald T. Acton, James C. Barton, Lori A. Passmore, Paul C. Adams, Gordon D. McLaren, C Leiendecker‐Foster, Mark Speechley, (unknown), Oswaldo Castro, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	11
10	Diastolic Dysfunction Is an Independent Risk Factor for Death in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease 2007 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Vandana Sachdev, Roberto F. Machado, Yukitaka Shizukuda, (unknown), Stanislav Sidenko, Inez Ernst, (unknown), Wynona Coles, Douglas R. Rosing, William C. Blackwelder, Oswaldo Castro, Gregory J. Kato, Mark T. Gladwin	212
11	Endothelin-1, vascular endothelial growth factor and systolic pulmonary artery pressure in patients with Chuvash polycythemia. 2006 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Galina Miasnikova, Adelina Sergueeva, Lydia A. Polyakova, Daniel J. Okhotin, Peter Gaskin, Zufan Debebe, Sergeï Nekhai, Oswaldo Castro, Josef T. Prchal, Victor R. Gordeuk	59
12	HCV in sickle cell disease. 2003 ·PubMed ·Mohamed A. Hassan, Syed Hasan, Oswaldo Castro, Samuel A. Giday, Alpha Banks, Duane T. Smoot	11
13	A comparative study of cobalamin deficiency in African Americans with and without sickle cell disease 2003 ·Blood ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Syed Hasan, (unknown), F Lombardo, Oswaldo Castro, (unknown)	3
14	MANAGEMENT OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE: RECENT ADVANCES AND CONTROVERSIES 1999 ·British Journal of Haematology ·Oswaldo Castro	23
15	Homocysteine in Sickle Cell Disease 1997 ·The American Journal of Medicine ·(unknown), Sohail Rana, Sudhir Sekhsaria, Elliott Perlin, Kyung Sook Kim, Oswaldo Castro	73
16	Hydroxyurea and Sickle Cell Anemia Clinical Utility of a Myelosuppressive “Switching” Agent 1996 ·Medicine ·Samuel Charache, Franca B. Barton, Richard D. Moore, Michael L. Terrin, Martin H. Steinberg, (unknown), Samir K. Ballas, Robert P. McMahon, Oswaldo Castro, (unknown)	268
17	Hemoglobin S and C Traits: Contributing Causes for Decreased Mean Hematocrit in African-American Children 1993 ·PEDIATRICS ·(unknown), Sudhir Sekhsaria, Oswaldo Castro	11
18	G_γA_γ(β⁺) hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin: The ^Gγ – 158 C → T mutation in cis to the − 175 T → C mutation of the ^Aγ‐globin gene results in increased ^Gγ‐globin synthesis 1993 ·American Journal of Hematology ·M. B. Coleman, Junius G. Adams, Martin H. Steinberg, Maria W. Plonczynski, (unknown), Oswaldo Castro, William P. Winter	12
19	Prevalence of Antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus and to Human T Cell Leukemia Virus Type I in Transfused Sickle Cell Disease Patients 1990 ·The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Oswaldo Castro, Carl Saxinger, (unknown), S Alexander, (unknown), (unknown)	15
20	The development of a heterologous transfusion technique: application to sickle cell disease. 1974 ·PubMed ·Finch Sc, Oswaldo Castro, Jerome Orlin, (unknown), (unknown)	0

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