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Details

Clicking Details is useful to see how PubMed translated your search. [Show Me] Sometimes you may find that PubMed interpreted your search in a way you had not expected. This may help you understand your retrieval and may also point out a misspelled word.

The Details page shows:

  • The search box with the actual 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 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 reviewed: 28 April 2009
Last updated: 6 February 2009
First published: 20 March 2001
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