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Phrase Searching

PubMed searches for phrases under these conditions:

  1. The phrase is found in the MeSH, journal, author or investigator tables or indexes during the automatic term mapping process

  2. The phrase is entered with a search tag:
    kidney allograft [tw]

  3. The phrase is enclosed in double quotes. (The absence of a search tag indicates the search should be conducted in All Fields.):
    " kidney allograft"

  4. The term is hyphenated:
    first-line

  5. The term is truncated:
    kidney allograft*

Example:

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Last reviewed: 28 April 2009
Last updated: 17 February 2009
First published: 20 March 2001
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