Comment on

• The new liver allocation system: moving toward evidence-based transplantation policy.

  Freeman RB Jr, Wiesner RH, Harper A, McDiarmid SV, Lake J, Edwards E, Merion R, Wolfe R, Turcotte J, Teperman L; UNOS/OPTN Liver Disease Severity Score, UNOS/OPTN Liver and Intestine, and UNOS/OPTN Pediatric Transplantation Committees. Freeman RB Jr, et al. Liver Transpl. 2002 Sep;8(9):851-8. doi: 10.1053/jlts.2002.35927. Liver Transpl. 2002. PMID: 12200791
• New national liver transplant allocation policy: is the regional review board process fair?

  Voigt MD, Zimmerman B, Katz DA, Rayhill SC. Voigt MD, et al. Liver Transpl. 2004 May;10(5):666-74. doi: 10.1002/lt.20116. Liver Transpl. 2004. PMID: 15108259
• Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) exception guidelines: results and recommendations from the MELD Exception Study Group and Conference (MESSAGE) for the approval of patients who need liver transplantation with diseases not considered by the standard MELD formula.

  Freeman RB Jr, Gish RG, Harper A, Davis GL, Vierling J, Lieblein L, Klintmalm G, Blazek J, Hunter R, Punch J. Freeman RB Jr, et al. Liver Transpl. 2006 Dec;12(12 Suppl 3):S128-36. doi: 10.1002/lt.20979. Liver Transpl. 2006. PMID: 17123284 No abstract available.
• Report of a national conference on liver allocation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States.

  Pomfret EA, Washburn K, Wald C, Nalesnik MA, Douglas D, Russo M, Roberts J, Reich DJ, Schwartz ME, Mieles L, Lee FT, Florman S, Yao F, Harper A, Edwards E, Freeman R, Lake J. Pomfret EA, et al. Liver Transpl. 2010 Mar;16(3):262-78. doi: 10.1002/lt.21999. Liver Transpl. 2010. PMID: 20209641
• Model for end-stage liver disease exceptions in the context of the French model for end-stage liver disease score-based liver allocation system.

  Francoz C, Belghiti J, Castaing D, Chazouillères O, Duclos-Vallée JC, Duvoux C, Lerut J, Le Treut YP, Moreau R, Mandot A, Pageaux G, Samuel D, Thabut D, Valla D, Durand F. Francoz C, et al. Liver Transpl. 2011 Oct;17(10):1137-51. doi: 10.1002/lt.22363. Liver Transpl. 2011. PMID: 21695771 Review.