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. 2011 Mar 29;12(Suppl 2):S1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-12-S2-S1

Table 7.

Auxiliary patterns.

MODAL=[CAN|COULD|MAY|MIGHT|SHOULD|MUST|HAVE|HAS|HAD]
BE=[IS|ARE|WAS|WERE|BE|BEEN]
ADV is any adverbial except ’NOT’. For example, also,potentially, etc.
INTERACTsyn=[INTERACT|INTERFERE]
INCREASEsyn=[AUGMENT|ELEVATE|ELEVATE|ENHANCE|EXACERBATE|EXTEND|GO_UP|INCREASE|INTENSIFY|POTENTIATE|PROMOTE|PROLONG|RAISE|RISE|STIMULATE]
DECREASEsyn=[DECREASE|DIMINISH|LESSEN]
ALTERsyn=[ACCELERATE|ANTAGONIZE|ALTER|CHANGE|INDUCE|INFLUENCE|INHIBIT]
RESULTsyn=[RESULTS|ASSOCIATED|SHOWN|RESULTED|OBSERVED|DETERMINED]
WHEN=[WHEN|IF|WHETHER]
ADMINISTERED=[CO-ADMINISTERED|COADMINISTERED|ADMINISTERED|TAKEN|GIVEN|USED|EMPLOYED]
PATIENTS=[PATIENTS|SUBJECTS|
TREATED=[TAKEN|TREATED|RECEIVING|TAKING]