Background: Living donor kidney transplantations have been performed at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden since 1965. In this study we wanted to explore the living kidney donor’s long-term experiences of the donation. Methods: Of 1110 consecutive living donors throughout 1965-2005, 823 were available for our questionnaire study. Results: Totally 692 replied to the questionna...

Background The incidence of anaphylaxis is increasing in several parts of the world; thus, determining the prevalence of the disease in a given region is important to understand the factors involved and to promote measures to avoid this type of allergic reaction. Aiming this objective, we validated an instrument for a population-basedstudy that assesses the prevalence of anaphylaxis in the Braz...

Isolated human populations represent good candidates for studying genetic and environmental causes of common complex diseases because of their decreased genetic and environmental diversity. The possibility of inexpensive and reliable detection of disease prevalence in such populations is therefore of considerable importance, as comprehensive routine health data and disease registries are rarely...