Walter G. Wasser

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

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Walter G. Wasser is a scholar working on Nephrology, Genetics and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter G. Wasser has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Nephrology, 11 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Walter G. Wasser's work include Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (14 papers), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (8 papers) and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (6 papers). Walter G. Wasser is often cited by papers focused on Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (14 papers), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (8 papers) and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (6 papers). Walter G. Wasser collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Ethiopia. Walter G. Wasser's co-authors include Karl Skorecki, Shay Tzur, Saharon Rosset, Revital Shemer, Doron M. Behar, Guennady Yudkovsky, Sara Selig, Neil Bradman, Endashaw Bekele and Ayele Tarekegn and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of Internal Medicine and Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

In The Last Decade

Walter G. Wasser

33 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Missense mutations in the APOL1 gene are highly associated with end stage kidney disease risk previously attributed to the MYH9 gene

2010 451 citations Shay Tzur, Saharon Rosset et al. Human Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter G. Wasser Israel	17	886	395	255	183	120	33	1.3k
Deirdré Hahn Australia	16	424 0.5×	65 0.2×	143 0.6×	49 0.3×	103 0.9×	38	996
Manish Rathi India	20	626 0.7×	74 0.2×	125 0.5×	62 0.3×	86 0.7×	135	1.4k
Mukta Mantan India	15	346 0.4×	78 0.2×	110 0.4×	27 0.1×	71 0.6×	70	632
A G Morgan United Kingdom	20	401 0.5×	113 0.3×	75 0.3×	26 0.1×	28 0.2×	58	1.1k
V. P. Choudhry India	20	82 0.1×	458 1.2×	97 0.4×	100 0.5×	75 0.6×	117	1.3k
Young Seo Park South Korea	20	323 0.4×	56 0.1×	155 0.6×	92 0.5×	20 0.2×	91	1.1k
Silvio Maringhini Italy	16	508 0.6×	52 0.1×	67 0.3×	16 0.1×	28 0.2×	42	905
Keith K. Lau United States	16	619 0.7×	27 0.1×	161 0.6×	34 0.2×	9 0.1×	55	1.2k
Harald Kaul Germany	16	396 0.4×	29 0.1×	105 0.4×	85 0.5×	107 0.9×	25	1.1k
Manuel Arias Spain	23	556 0.6×	70 0.2×	111 0.4×	54 0.3×	32 0.3×	63	1.4k

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Izhakian, Shimon, Walter G. Wasser, Baruch Vainshelboim, et al.. (2020). Long-term outcomes of metallic endobronchial stents in lung transplant recipients are not affected by bacterial colonization. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 32(1). 47–54. 1 indexed citations

Kruzel-Davila, Etty, Walter G. Wasser, & Karl Skorecki. (2017). APOL1 Nephropathy: A Population Genetics and Evolutionary Medicine Detective Story. Seminars in Nephrology. 37(6). 490–507. 27 indexed citations

Feldman, Leonid, Shlomo Vinker, Shai Efrati, et al.. (2016). Amlodipine treatment of hypertension associates with a decreased dementia risk. Clinical and Experimental Hypertension. 38(6). 545–549. 17 indexed citations

Izhakian, Shimon, Walter G. Wasser, Leonardo Fuks, et al.. (2016). Lobar Distribution in Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis Predicts Bacteriologic Pathogen Treatment. Pneumologie. 70(10). 1 indexed citations

Izhakian, Shimon, Walter G. Wasser, Benjamin D. Fox, Baruch Vainshelboim, & Mordechai R. Kramer. (2016). The Diagnostic Value of the Pleural Fluid C-Reactive Protein in Parapneumonic Effusions. Disease Markers. 2016. 1–6. 17 indexed citations

Kruzel-Davila, Etty, Revital Shemer, Walter G. Wasser, et al.. (2016). APOL1–Mediated Cell Injury Involves Disruption of Conserved Trafficking Processes. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 28(4). 1117–1130. 81 indexed citations

Kruzel-Davila, Etty, Walter G. Wasser, Sharon Aviram, & Karl Skorecki. (2015). APOL1nephropathy: from gene to mechanisms of kidney injury. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 31(3). 349–358. 72 indexed citations

Wasser, Walter G., et al.. (2015). The Envy of Scholars: Applying the Lessons of the Framingham Heart Study to the Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(3). e0029–e0029. 4 indexed citations

Ulasi, Ifeoma, Shay Tzur, Walter G. Wasser, et al.. (2013). High Population Frequencies of APOL1 Risk Variants Are Associated with Increased Prevalence of Non-Diabetic Chronic Kidney Disease in the Igbo People from South-Eastern Nigeria. Nephron Clinical Practice. 123(1-2). 123–128. 71 indexed citations

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Tzur, Shay, Walter G. Wasser, Saharon Rosset, & Karl Skorecki. (2012). Linkage disequilibrium analysis reveals an albuminuria risk haplotype containing three missense mutations in the cubilin gene with striking differences among European and African ancestry populations. BMC Nephrology. 13(1). 142–142. 5 indexed citations

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Tzur, Shay, Saharon Rosset, Karl Skorecki, & Walter G. Wasser. (2012). APOL1 allelic variants are associated with lower age of dialysis initiation and thereby increased dialysis vintage in African and Hispanic Americans with non-diabetic end-stage kidney disease. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 27(4). 1498–1505. 69 indexed citations

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Behar, Doron M., Saharon Rosset, Shay Tzur, et al.. (2011). Absence of APOL1 Risk Variants Protects against HIV-Associated Nephropathy in the Ethiopian Population. American Journal of Nephrology. 34(5). 452–459. 56 indexed citations

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Rosset, Saharon, Shay Tzur, Doron M. Behar, Walter G. Wasser, & Karl Skorecki. (2011). The population genetics of chronic kidney disease: insights from the MYH9–APOL1 locus. Nature Reviews Nephrology. 7(6). 313–326. 56 indexed citations

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Fine, Derek M., Walter G. Wasser, Michelle M. Estrella, et al.. (2011). APOL1 Risk Variants Predict Histopathology and Progression to ESRD in HIV-Related Kidney Disease. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 23(2). 343–350. 84 indexed citations

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Shlush, Liran I., Sivan Bercovici, Walter G. Wasser, et al.. (2010). Admixture mapping of end stage kidney disease genetic susceptibility using estimated mutual information ancestry informative markers. BMC Medical Genomics. 3(1). 47–47. 20 indexed citations

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Behar, Doron M., Saharon Rosset, Shay Tzur, et al.. (2010). African ancestry allelic variation at the MYH9 gene contributes to increased susceptibility to non-diabetic end-stage kidney disease in Hispanic Americans. Human Molecular Genetics. 19(9). 1816–1827. 64 indexed citations

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Tzur, Shay, Saharon Rosset, Revital Shemer, et al.. (2010). Missense mutations in the APOL1 gene are highly associated with end stage kidney disease risk previously attributed to the MYH9 gene. Human Genetics. 128(3). 345–350. 451 indexed citations breakdown →

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Charney, Douglas & Walter G. Wasser. (2003). A 36-year-old man with a monoclonal gammopathy and nephrotic syndrome. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 42(5). 1097–1101. 3 indexed citations

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Wasser, Walter G., Lawrence R. Krakoff, M Haimov, Sheldon Glabman, & Harold A. Mitty. (1982). Restoration of Renal Function After Bilateral Renal Artery Occlusion. The Journal of Urology. 127(5). 1048–1049. 1 indexed citations

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Wasser, Walter G.. (1981). Restoration of Renal Function After Bilateral Renal Artery Occlusion. Archives of Internal Medicine. 141(12). 1647–1647. 18 indexed citations

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