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. 2016 Aug 2;16:101. doi: 10.1186/s12911-016-0333-0

Table 4.

Number of citations retrieved and precision for each query, by diseases

Disease MeSH level alignment n(retr) Precision
Q1 Q2 Q3 p1 p2 p3
3M syndrome SC 38 5 31 1 0.4 0.4
Autosomal recessive hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia D 25 21 12 0.8 0.4 0.8
Generalized epilepsy - paroxysmal dyskinesia SC 0 18 6 0.5 0.17
Silent sinus syndrome 107 2 3 1 1 0.67
Toluene embryopathy SC 8 39 0 1 0.2
Familial drusen SC 67 54 9 1 0.1 0.78
Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome D 176 5 1800 1 1 0
Diphtheria D 4419 0 13,149 1 0.6
Hypomandibular faciocranial dysostosis SC 6 2 0 0.83 1
Retroperitoneal fibrosis D 1986 0 711 1 0.6
Epstein syndrome SC 41 0 0 1
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy D 291 31 129 0.9 1 0.6
Ring chromosome 19 SC 6 4 2 1 0.75 1
Nephropathy - deafness - hyperparathyroidism SC 0 1 0 1
Greenberg dysplasia SC 7 4 6 1 1 0.83
Menkes disease D 968 0 47,026 1 0
Mikati-Najjar-Sahli syndrome 0 1 0 1
Genochondromatosis SC 5 0 0 1
Noonan syndrome D 1483 0 258 0.8 0.5
Carney complex D 248 21 299 0.9 1 0.7
Blount disease SC 296 0 6 0.5 1
Oculocerebrofacial syndrome, Kaufman type SC 5 0 0 1
Wilson disease D 5266 0 1231 1 0.8
Adult Still’s disease D 1129 0 202 1 0.8
Esophageal atresia D 2999 75 479 0.9 1 0.6
Congenital nephrotic syndrome, Finnish type C 8 239 43 0.88 0.8 0.1
Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome SC 69 34 39 1 0.6 0.1
Hereditary myoclonus - progressive distal muscular atrophy SC 0 2 0 0.5
Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy C 361 171 215 0.9 0 0.6
Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis D 1371 0 1379 1 0.5
Macro average precision 0.81 0.44 0.41
Micro average precision 0.94 0.61 0.52

n(retr) number of citations retrieved, D MeSH Descriptor, SC MeSH Supplementary Concept, C MeSH Concept