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Details

Clicking Details displays:

  • The query box with the actual search strategy and syntax used to run the search.[Show Me]
    It may include MeSH vocabulary term mappings as well as mappings from the PubMed phrase index. The display will include any error messages, such as stopwords, truncation warnings, and misspellings.

  • The Search and URL buttons, which are explained on the next screen. [Show Me]

  • The Result number displays the total number of retrieved citations for the current search and can be used to link to those results. [Show Me]

  • The Translations area shows how each term was translated. [Show Me]

  • The User Query area shows the search as you entered it in the query box. [Show Me]

 


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Last Updated June 25, 2008
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