Informed consent for live liver donors: A qualitative, prospective study.

Background & Aims: Adult-to-adult live donor liver transplantation (LDLT) poses serious health risks and no direct health benefits to donors. Ensuring live donors' autonomy through informed consent is critical. We assessed live liver donors' (LD) comprehension, information needs, risk perceptions, and demographics.

Culturally competent transplant program improves Hispanics' knowledge and attitudes about live kidney donation and transplant.

Context: Hispanics receive disproportionately fewer live donor kidney transplants than non-Hispanic whites. Increasing Hispanics' knowledge and changing attitudes about live kidney donation may reduce these disparities.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of culturally and linguistically competent educational sessions delivered through Northwestern University's Hispanic Transplant Program.

Quality of Internet education about living kidney donation for Hispanics.

Context: Hispanics need disproportionately more kidney transplants, yet receive disproportionately fewer kidney transplants and living donor kidney transplants than non-Hispanic whites. Lack of knowledge and cultural beliefs about living kidney donation contribute to these disparities. The Internet is an optimal venue to educate underserved, low-literacy populations.

[Inter- and intrafamilial expression of cleidocranial dysostosis].

Cleidocranial dysplasia is a bony autosomal dominant disorder, defined by late closure of fontanels and sutures, clavicular aplasia or hypoplasia and supernumerary teeth. The aim of our study was to define the CBFA1 mutations in three families with cleidocranial dysplasia and to describe the phenotype expression within and between the families. While the mutation R225Q caused a similar phenotype within one family, the mutation G146R, located in the same domain, was the cause of a variable expression between two family members.

Morphological effects produced, in vitro, by ferric oxalate treatment of enamel surfaces. A preliminary SEM study.

The morphological changes produced, in vitro, by application of ferric oxalate on enamel surfaces were examined by scanning electron microscopy. Exposure of human enamel surfaces to ferric oxalate (5.3% w/w aqueous solution or added to phosphoric or citric acid) resulted in cleaned, activated enamel surfaces and a mild etching which increased surface roughness and porosity.