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. 2012 Feb 29;12:12. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-12-12

Table 1.

Examples of query

Query Query syntax

Preferred term Entry term or UMLS' synonym
User Myocardial infarction Myocardial infarct

q1 "myocardial infarction"[MeSH Terms] OR ("myocardial"[All Fields] AND "infarction"[All Fields]) OR "myocardial infarction"[All Fields]

q2 "myocardial infarction"[MeSH Terms] OR ("myocardial"[All Fields] AND "infarction"[All Fields]) OR "myocardial infarction"[All Fields] OR ("myocardial"[All Fields] AND "infarct"[All Fields]) OR "myocardial infarct"[All Fields]

q3 "myocardial infarction"[MeSH Terms] OR (("infarct, myocardial"[TIAB] OR "infarction, myocardial"[TIAB] OR "myocardial infarcts"[TIAB] OR "myocardial infarct"[TIAB] OR "myocardial infarction"[TIAB] OR "infarcts, myocardial"[TIAB] OR "myocardial infarctions"[TIAB] OR "infarctions, myocardial"[TIAB]) NOT MEDLINE[SB])

q4 "myocardial infarction"[MeSH Terms] OR (("infarct, myocardial"[TIAB] OR "heart attack"[TIAB] OR "infarction, myocardial"[TIAB] OR "myocardial infarcts"[TIAB] OR "myocardial infarct"[TIAB] OR "myocardial infarction"[TIAB] OR "myocardial infarction, nos"[TIAB] OR "infarcts, myocardial"[TIAB] OR "myocardial infarctions"[TIAB] OR "infarctions, myocardial"[TIAB]) NOT (MEDLINE[SB] OR OldMedline[SB]))

q5 q4 NOT q3

TIAB: title or abstract; SB: Subset; UMLS' synonyms are underlined