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. 2008 Jan 23;2008(1):CD001537. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001537.pub4
Database Search terms
EMBASE 1. exp clinical trial/ 
 2. comparative study/ 
 3. drug comparison/ 
 4. major clinical study/ 
 5. randomisation/ 
 6. crossover procedure/ 
 7. double blind procedure/ 
 8. single blind procedure/ 
 9. placebo/ 
 10. prospective study/ 
 11. ((clinical or controlled or comparative or placebo or prospective or randomi#ed) adj3 (trial or study)).ti,ab. 
 12. (random$ adj7 (allocat$ or allot$ or assign$ or basis$ or divid$ or order$)).ti,ab. 
 13. ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj7 (blind$ or mask$)).ti,ab. 
 14. (cross?over$ or (cross adj1 over$)).ti,ab. 
 15. ((allocat$ or allot$ or assign$ or divid$) adj3 (condition$ or experiment$ or intervention$ or treatment$ or therap$ or control$ or group$)).ti,ab. 
 16. or/1‐10 
 17. or/11‐15 
 18. 16 or 17 
 19. minimal change glomerulonephritis/ 
 20. Lipoid Nephrosis/ 
 21. minimal change disease.tw. 
 22. minimal change glomerulonephritis.tw. 
 23. minimal change nephr$.tw. 
 24. nil disease.tw. 
 25. lipoid nephrosis.tw. 
 26. idiopathic nephrotic syndrome.tw. 
 27. or/19‐26 1. exp clinical trial/ 
 2. comparative study/ 
 3. drug comparison/ 
 4. major clinical study/ 
 5. randomisation/ 
 6. crossover procedure/ 
 7. double blind procedure/ 
 8. single blind procedure/ 
 9. placebo/ 
 10. prospective study/ 
 11. ((clinical or controlled or comparative or placebo or prospective or randomi#ed) adj3 (trial or study)).ti,ab. 
 12. (random$ adj7 (allocat$ or allot$ or assign$ or basis$ or divid$ or order$)).ti,ab. 
 13. ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj7 (blind$ or mask$)).ti,ab. 
 14. (cross?over$ or (cross adj1 over$)).ti,ab. 
 15. ((allocat$ or allot$ or assign$ or divid$) adj3 (condition$ or experiment$ or intervention$ or treatment$ or therap$ or control$ or group$)).ti,ab. 
 16. or/1‐10 
 17. or/11‐15 
 18. 16 or 17 
 19. minimal change glomerulonephritis/ 
 20. Lipoid Nephrosis/ 
 21. minimal change disease.tw. 
 22. minimal change glomerulonephritis.tw. 
 23. minimal change nephr$.tw. 
 24. nil disease.tw. 
 25. lipoid nephrosis.tw. 
 26. idiopathic nephrotic syndrome.tw. 
 27. or/19‐26
CENTRAL #1 Nephrosis, Lipoid, this term only in MeSH products 
 #2 lipoid next nephrosis in All Fields 
 #3 minimal next change next disease in All Fields 
 #4 minimal next change next glomerul* in All Fields 
 #5 minimal next change next nephr* in All Fields 
 #6 nil next disease in All Fields 
 #7 idiopathic next nephrotic next syndrome in All Fields 
 #8 (#1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7)
MEDLINE 1. randomized controlled trial.pt. 
 2. controlled clinical trial.pt. 
 3. randomized controlled trials/ 
 4. random allocation/ 
 5. double blind method/ 
 6. single blind method/ 
 7. or/1‐7 
 8. animals/ not (animals/ and human/) 
 9. 7 not 8 
 10. clinical trial.pt. 
 11. exp clinical trials/ 
 12. (clinic$ adj25 trial$).ti,ab. 
 13. cross‐over studies/ 
 14. (crossover or cross‐over or cross over).tw. 
 15. ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj25 (blind$ or mask$)).tw. 
 16. placebos/ 
 17. placebo$.ti,ab. 
 18. random$.ti,ab. 
 19. research design/ 
 20. or/10‐19 
 21. 20 not 8 
 22. 9 or 21 
 23. Nephrosis Lipoid/ 
 24. minimal change disease.tw. 
 25. minimal change glomerulonephritis.tw. 
 26. minimal change nephro$.tw. 
 27. nil disease.tw. 
 28. lipoid nephrosis.tw. 
 29. idiopathic nephrotic syndrome.tw. 
 30. or/23‐29