The First Symposium on Organ Donation in Collaboration with Spain
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*Correspondence: Katayoun Najafizadeh, MD, Associated Professor of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Lung Transplantation Research Center, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Darabad, Niavaran, Tehran, Iran Phone: +98-21-2610-9966 E-mail: [email protected] In 2010, there were only some 4.3 organ donors per one million population in Iran while, on average, the rate was 10–20 donors per one million population in other countries. In Spain which is considered a leading country in terms of organ donation, there were some 35 organ donors per one million population in 2010.
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