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Angiogenic and inflammatory markers of cardiopulmonary changes in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease.

Niu X, Nouraie M, Campbell A, Rana S, Minniti CP, Sable C, Darbari D, Dham N, Reading NS, Prchal JT, Kato GJ, Gladwin MT, Castro OL, Gordeuk VR.

PLoS One. 2009 Nov 23;4(11):e7956.PMID: 19956689 [PubMed - in process]Free article

Physician-assisted suicide.

Castro O, Gordeuk VB.

Crit Care Med. 2009 Oct;37(10):2861; author reply 2861. No abstract available. PMID: 19865023 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Relationship of erythropoietin, fetal hemoglobin, and hydroxyurea treatment to tricuspid regurgitation velocity in children with sickle cell disease.

Gordeuk VR, Campbell A, Rana S, Nouraie M, Niu X, Minniti CP, Sable C, Darbari D, Dham N, Onyekwere O, Ammosova T, Nekhai S, Kato GJ, Gladwin MT, Castro OL.

Blood. 2009 Sep 1. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19724057 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Prospective echocardiography assessment of pulmonary hypertension and its potential etiologies in children with sickle cell disease.

Dham N, Ensing G, Minniti C, Campbell A, Arteta M, Rana S, Darbari D, Nouraie M, Onyekwere O, Lasota M, Kato GJ, Gladwin MT, Castro O, Gordeuk V, Sable C.

Am J Cardiol. 2009 Sep 1;104(5):713-20. Epub 2009 Jun 24.PMID: 19699350 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prospective evaluation of haemoglobin oxygen saturation at rest and after exercise in paediatric sickle cell disease patients.

Campbell A, Minniti CP, Nouraie M, Arteta M, Rana S, Onyekwere O, Sable C, Ensing G, Dham N, Luchtman-Jones L, Kato GJ, Gladwin MT, Castro OL, Gordeuk VR.

Br J Haematol. 2009 Nov;147(3):352-9. Epub 2009 Aug 19.PMID: 19694721 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Echocardiographic findings in patients with sickle cell disease.

Naoman SG, Nouraie M, Castro OL, Nwokolo C, Fadojutimi-Akinsiku M, Diaz S, Willie-Carnegie G, Andrews N, Gordeuk VR.

Ann Hematol. 2009 Jun 2. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19488751 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Hematologic, biochemical, and cardiopulmonary effects of L-arginine supplementation or phosphodiesterase 5 inhibition in patients with sickle cell disease who are on hydroxyurea therapy.

Little JA, Hauser KP, Martyr SE, Harris A, Maric I, Morris CR, Suh JH, Taylor J, Castro O, Machado R, Kato G, Gladwin MT.

Eur J Haematol. 2009 Apr;82(4):315-21. Epub 2008 Feb 10.PMID: 19215288 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Elevated tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease: association with hemolysis and hemoglobin oxygen desaturation.

Minniti CP, Sable C, Campbell A, Rana S, Ensing G, Dham N, Onyekwere O, Nouraie M, Kato GJ, Gladwin MT, Castro OL, Gordeuk VR.

Haematologica. 2009 Mar;94(3):340-7. Epub 2009 Feb 11.PMID: 19211639 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Two new records of helminth parasites of domestic cat from Uruguay: Alaria alata (Goeze, 1782) (Digenea, Diplostomidae) and Lagochilascaris major Leiper, 1910 (Nematoda, Ascarididae).

Castro O, Venzal JM, Félix ML.

Vet Parasitol. 2009 Mar 23;160(3-4):344-7. Epub 2008 Nov 25.PMID: 19117682 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Fiberoptic bronchoscopy assisted percutaneous tracheostomy: report of 100 patients]

Romero P C, Cornejo R R, Ruiz C M, Gálvez A R, Llanos V O, Tobar A E, Larrondo G J, Castro O J.

Rev Med Chil. 2008 Sep;136(9):1113-20. Epub 2008 Nov 12. Spanish. PMID: 19030654 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Protocol based sedation versus conventional treatment in critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation]

Tobar A E, Lanas M A, Pino P S, Aspée L P, Rivas V S, Prat R D, Asenjo B R, Castro O J.

Rev Med Chil. 2008 Jun;136(6):711-8. Epub 2008 Aug 26. Spanish. PMID: 18769826 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Severe vaso-occlusive episodes associated with use of systemic corticosteroids in patients with sickle cell disease.

Darbari DS, Castro O, Taylor JG 6th, Fasano R, Rehm J, Gordeuk VR, Minniti CP.

J Natl Med Assoc. 2008 Aug;100(8):948-51.PMID: 18717146 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Accuracy of family history of hemochromatosis or iron overload: the hemochromatosis and iron overload screening study.

Acton RT, Barton JC, Passmore LV, Adams PC, McLaren GD, Leiendecker-Foster C, Speechley MR, Harris EL, Castro O, Reiss JA, Snively BM, Harrison BW, McLaren CE.

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008 Aug;6(8):934-8. Epub 2008 Jun 27.PMID: 18585964 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Amblyomma triste Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae): hosts and seasonality of the vector of Rickettsia parkeri in Uruguay.

Venzal JM, Estrada-Peña A, Castro O, de Souza CG, Félix ML, Nava S, Guglielmone AA.

Vet Parasitol. 2008 Aug 1;155(1-2):104-9. Epub 2008 May 10.PMID: 18565680 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Severe lactic acidosis caused by propofol infusion: report of one case]

Romero P C, Morales R M, Donaire R L, Llanos V O, Cornejo R R, Gálvez A R, Castro O J.

Rev Med Chil. 2008 Jan;136(1):88-92. Epub 2008 Apr 30. Spanish. PMID: 18483658 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Frantz's tumor (solid cystic tumor of the pancreas). ]

Ilias EJ, Kassab P, Castro OA, Vincenzi R, Safatle N.

Rev Assoc Med Bras. 2008 Jan-Feb;54(1):12. Portuguese. No abstract available. PMID: 18392479 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Coordinated neonatal transport: advancing newborn care in resource-limited settings.

Spector JM, Castro OR.

Trop Doct. 2008 Jan;38(1):68. No abstract available. PMID: 18302880 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Bivariate mixture modeling of transferrin saturation and serum ferritin concentration in Asians, African Americans, Hispanics, and whites in the Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening (HEIRS) Study.

McLaren CE, Gordeuk VR, Chen WP, Barton JC, Acton RT, Speechley M, Castro O, Adams PC, Snively BM, Harris EL, Reboussin DM, McLachlan GJ, Bean R; Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening Study Research Investigators.

Transl Res. 2008 Feb;151(2):97-109. Epub 2007 Nov 9.PMID: 18201677 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Efficacy and safety of the Gardos channel blocker, senicapoc (ICA-17043), in patients with sickle cell anemia.

Ataga KI, Smith WR, De Castro LM, Swerdlow P, Saunthararajah Y, Castro O, Vichinsky E, Kutlar A, Orringer EP, Rigdon GC, Stocker JW; ICA-17043-05 Investigators.

Blood. 2008 Apr 15;111(8):3991-7. Epub 2008 Jan 11.PMID: 18192510 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Detection of Alpha and Gamma-Proteobacteria in Amblyomma triste (Acari: Ixodidae) from Uruguay.

Venzal JM, Estrada-Peña A, Portillo A, Mangold AJ, Castro O, de Souza CG, Félix ML, Pérez-Martínez L, Santibánez S, Oteo JA.

Exp Appl Acarol. 2008 Jan;44(1):49-56. Epub 2007 Dec 11.PMID: 18071910 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Genetic screening for iron overload: No evidence of discrimination at 1 year.

Hall MA, Barton JC, Adams PC, McLaren CE, Reiss JA, Castro O, Ruggiero A, Acton RT, Power TE, Bent TC.

J Fam Pract. 2007 Oct;56(10):829-34.PMID: 17908514 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mutations and polymorphisms in hemoglobin genes and the risk of pulmonary hypertension and death in sickle cell disease.

Taylor JG 6th, Ackah D, Cobb C, Orr N, Percy MJ, Sachdev V, Machado R, Castro O, Kato GJ, Chanock SJ, Gladwin MT.

Am J Hematol. 2008 Jan;83(1):6-14.PMID: 17724704 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha activates nuclear factor-kappaB but does not regulate progesterone production in cultured human granulosa luteal cells.

Gonzalez-Navarrete F, Eisner V, Morales P, Castro O, Pommer R, Quiroga C, Lavandero S, Devoto L.

Gynecol Endocrinol. 2007 Jul;23(7):377-84.PMID: 17701768 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Relative systemic hypertension in patients with sickle cell disease is associated with risk of pulmonary hypertension and renal insufficiency.

Gordeuk VR, Sachdev V, Taylor JG, Gladwin MT, Kato G, Castro OL.

Am J Hematol. 2008 Jan;83(1):15-8.PMID: 17696198 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pulmonary hypertension in children and adolescents with sickle cell disease.

Onyekwere OC, Campbell A, Teshome M, Onyeagoro S, Sylvan C, Akintilo A, Hutchinson S, Ensing G, Gaskin P, Kato G, Rana S, Kwagyan J, Gordeuk V, Williams J, Castro O.

Pediatr Cardiol. 2008 Mar;29(2):309-12. Epub 2007 Aug 7.PMID: 17680298 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Determinants and characteristics of mean corpuscular volume and hemoglobin concentration in white HFE C282Y homozygotes in the hemochromatosis and iron overload screening study.

McLaren CE, Barton JC, Gordeuk VR, Wu L, Adams PC, Reboussin DM, Speechley M, Chang H, Acton RT, Harris EL, Ruggiero AM, Castro O; Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening Study Research Investigators.

Am J Hematol. 2007 Oct;82(10):898-905.PMID: 17597476 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Gastric cancer in the elderly: when not to operate?]

Kassab P, Ilias EJ, Castro OP, Jacob CE.

Rev Assoc Med Bras. 2007 Jan-Feb;53(1):8. Portuguese. No abstract available. PMID: 17420883 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Novel approach for spastic hemiplegia classification through the use of support vector machines.

Salazar AJ, De Castro OC, Bravo RJ.

Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2004;1:466-9.PMID: 17271714 [PubMed]Related articles

Diastolic dysfunction is an independent risk factor for death in patients with sickle cell disease.

Sachdev V, Machado RF, Shizukuda Y, Rao YN, Sidenko S, Ernst I, St Peter M, Coles WA, Rosing DR, Blackwelder WC, Castro O, Kato GJ, Gladwin MT.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Jan 30;49(4):472-9. Epub 2007 Jan 16.PMID: 17258093 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Dengue hemorrhagic Fever caused by sequential dengue 1-3 virus infections over a long time interval: Havana epidemic, 2001-2002.

Alvarez M, Rodriguez-Roche R, Bernardo L, Vázquez S, Morier L, Gonzalez D, Castro O, Kouri G, Halstead SB, Guzman MG.

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Dec;75(6):1113-7.PMID: 17172378 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Preferential transfer of the complete glycan is determined by the oligosaccharyltransferase complex and not by the catalytic subunit.

Castro O, Movsichoff F, Parodi AJ.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Oct 3;103(40):14756-60. Epub 2006 Sep 25.PMID: 17001015 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Simulation of D1 lymphadenectomy in patients submitted to D2 lymphadenectomy. Prospective study of 57 patients with gastric adenocarcinoma]

Ilias EJ, Malheiros CA, Kassab P, Castro OA.

Rev Assoc Med Bras. 2006 Jul-Aug;52(4):270-2. Portuguese. PMID: 16967148 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Roux en Y gastric bypass surgery or gastric band to the treatment of the morbid obesity?]

Liorci MP, Ilias EJ, Kassab P, Castro OA.

Rev Assoc Med Bras. 2006 Jul-Aug;52(4):195. Portuguese. No abstract available. PMID: 16967129 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Relationships of serum ferritin, transferrin saturation, and HFE mutations and self-reported diabetes in the Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening (HEIRS) study.

Acton RT, Barton JC, Passmore LV, Adams PC, Speechley MR, Dawkins FW, Sholinsky P, Reboussin DM, McLaren GD, Harris EL, Bent TC, Vogt TM, Castro O.

Diabetes Care. 2006 Sep;29(9):2084-9.PMID: 16936157 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Circumstances of death in adult sickle cell disease patients.

Darbari DS, Kple-Faget P, Kwagyan J, Rana S, Gordeuk VR, Castro O.

Am J Hematol. 2006 Nov;81(11):858-63.PMID: 16924640 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Kinetics of antibodies in sera, saliva, and urine samples from adult patients with primary or secondary dengue 3 virus infections.

Vázquez S, Cabezas S, Pérez AB, Pupo M, Ruiz D, Calzada N, Bernardo L, Castro O, González D, Serrano T, Sanchez A, Guzmán MG.

Int J Infect Dis. 2007 May;11(3):256-62. Epub 2006 Aug 17.PMID: 16914345 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Combination erythropoietin-hydroxyurea therapy in sickle cell disease: experience from the National Institutes of Health and a literature review.

Little JA, McGowan VR, Kato GJ, Partovi KS, Feld JJ, Maric I, Martyr S, Taylor JG 6th, Machado RF, Heller T, Castro O, Gladwin MT.

Haematologica. 2006 Aug;91(8):1076-83.PMID: 16885048 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels and risk of death in sickle cell disease.

Machado RF, Anthi A, Steinberg MH, Bonds D, Sachdev V, Kato GJ, Taveira-DaSilva AM, Ballas SK, Blackwelder W, Xu X, Hunter L, Barton B, Waclawiw M, Castro O, Gladwin MT; MSH Investigators.

JAMA. 2006 Jul 19;296(3):310-8.PMID: 16849664 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Endothelin-1, vascular endothelial growth factor and systolic pulmonary artery pressure in patients with Chuvash polycythemia.

Bushuev VI, Miasnikova GY, Sergueeva AI, Polyakova LA, Okhotin D, Gaskin PR, Debebe Z, Nekhai S, Castro OL, Prchal JT, Gordeuk VR.

Haematologica. 2006 Jun;91(6):744-9.PMID: 16769575 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Low cobalamin levels in African Americans with and without sickle cell disease.

Kamineni P, Chirla S, Dinh K, Hasan S, Nidhiry E, Kwagyan J, Naab T, Lombardo F, Castro O, Dawkins F.

J Natl Med Assoc. 2006 Mar;98(3):352-6.PMID: 16573298 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Should videolaparoscopy be routine in inguinal hernia?]

Castro OA, Vincenzi R, El Malat HF, Ilias EJ, Kassab P.

Rev Assoc Med Bras. 2005 Sep-Oct;51(5):243. Epub 2005 Oct 31. Portuguese. No abstract available. PMID: 16270131 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease: mechanisms, diagnosis, and management.

Castro O, Gladwin MT.

Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2005 Oct;19(5):881-96, vii. Review.PMID: 16214649 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Case 17-2005: acute chest syndrome and ARDS.

Castro O, Gladwin MT, Kopterides P, Fremont R, Medoff BD.

N Engl J Med. 2005 Oct 6;353(14):1529-30; author reply 1529-30. No abstract available. PMID: 16207862 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The celestial fire of conscience.

Castro O, Lombardo FA, Gordeuk VR.

N Engl J Med. 2005 Sep 22;353(12):1301-2; author reply 1301-2. No abstract available. PMID: 16180278 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ultrastructural and biochemical evidence for the presence of mature steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) in the cytoplasm of human luteal cells.

Sierralta WD, Kohen P, Castro O, Muñoz A, Strauss JF 3rd, Devoto L.

Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2005 Oct 20;242(1-2):103-10.PMID: 16162390 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of hydroxyurea treatment on cerebral oxygenation in adult patients with sickle cell disease: an open-label pilot study.

Tavakkoli F, Nahavandi M, Wyche MQ, Castro O.

Clin Ther. 2005 Jul;27(7):1083-8.PMID: 16154487 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Characterization of Schizosaccharomyces pombe ER alpha-mannosidase: a reevaluation of the role of the enzyme on ER-associated degradation.

Movsichoff F, Castro OA, Parodi AJ.

Mol Biol Cell. 2005 Oct;16(10):4714-24. Epub 2005 Aug 3.PMID: 16079177 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Sildenafil therapy in patients with sickle cell disease and pulmonary hypertension.

Machado RF, Martyr S, Kato GJ, Barst RJ, Anthi A, Robinson MR, Hunter L, Coles W, Nichols J, Hunter C, Sachdev V, Castro O, Gladwin MT.

Br J Haematol. 2005 Aug;130(3):445-53.PMID: 16042696 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Evidence for pollinator sharing in Mediterranean nectar-mimic orchids: absence of premating barriers?

Cozzolino S, Schiestl FP, Müller A, De Castro O, Nardella AM, Widmer A.

Proc Biol Sci. 2005 Jun 22;272(1569):1271-8.PMID: 16024392 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Classical dengue hemorrhagic fever resulting from two dengue infections spaced 20 years or more apart: Havana, Dengue 3 epidemic, 2001-2002.

González D, Castro OE, Kourí G, Perez J, Martinez E, Vazquez S, Rosario D, Cancio R, Guzman MG.

Int J Infect Dis. 2005 Sep;9(5):280-5.PMID: 16023878 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles