Dear Dr Taba Tabaii,

Thank you for your e-mail. I would be very happy ta take care of your CF patient, the child Mahboobeh.

Nevertheless, I need more information about this patient.He is dependant on which type of ventilation? I suppose he is not intubated. I think the best option for this patient is to come in Paris for a pretransplantation assessment ,and to stay in Paris for the transplantation. We have two options for the transplantation, a cadaveric one which sounds the best option and the transplantation from living donors,(family donors).

In 2002, I have transplanted a patient, a young girl , from Teheran. She is doing very well and I think you may have interesting information from Mrs Kambozia, regarding the organization for such an Iranien patient.

I will be in Abu Dhabi the 24th of January 2003 for a full week, and I wonder if I could see your patient in Teheran during this week during a very short visit? Just let me know if we can organize this visit. I could see the patient, the family and all the medical notes, so we could advise for the care of this patient.

I wish you a happy new year and looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Best regards,

Pr Jean-Paul Couëtil