title: Expanding the donor pool for liver transplants: a 2014 summary.
abstract: There has been a large gap between the number of patients awaiting liver transplants and those receiving them. In the East, living-donor liver transplant has become the major source of grafts, whereas in the West, deceased-donor grafts have been the major source for liver transplants. Some newly developed or developing donor types are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplant Hepatology, Johns Hopkins Liver Transplantation Program, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gurakar
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dagher
mesh_terms: D046148:Donor Selection; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D019520:Living Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution; D012307:Risk Factors; D061108:Social Media; D013997:Time Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D014850:Waiting Lists