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MEDLINE (silver platter)	#1 RANDOMIZED‐CONTROLLED‐TRIAL in PT #2 CONTROLLED‐CLINICAL‐TRIAL in PT #3 RANDOMIZED‐CONTROLLED‐TRIALS #4 RANDOM‐ALLOCATION #5 DOUBLE‐BLIND‐METHOD #6 SINGLE‐BLIND‐METHOD #7 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4 or #5 or #6 #8 TG=ANIMAL not (TG=HUMAN and TG=ANIMAL) #9 #7 not #8 #10 CLINICAL‐TRIAL in PT #11 explode CLINICAL‐TRIALS #12 (clin* near trial*) in TI #13 (clin* near trial*) in AB #14 (singl* or doubl* or trebl* or tripl*) near (blind* or mask*) #15 (#14 in TI) or (#14 in AB) #16 PLACEBOS #17 placebo* in TI #18 placebo* in AB #19 random* in TI #20 random* in AB #21 RESEARCH‐DESIGN #22 #10 or #11 or #12 or #13 or #15 or #16 or #17 or #18 or #19 or #20 or #21 #23 TG=ANIMAL not (TG=HUMAN and TG=ANIMAL) #24 #22 not #23 #25 #24 not #9 #26 TG=COMPARATIVE‐STUDY #27 explode EVALUATION‐STUDIES #28 FOLLOW‐UP‐STUDIES #29 PROSPECTIVE‐STUDIES #30 control* or prospectiv* or volunteer* #31 (#30 in TI) or (#30 in AB) #32 #26 or #27 or #28 or #29 or #31 #33 TG=ANIMAL not (TG=HUMAN and TG=ANIMAL) #34 #32 not #33 #35 #34 not (#9 or #25) #36 #9 or #25 or #35 #37 glomerulosclerosis #38 glomerulonephritis #39 nephritis #40 focal #41 segmental #42 (#37 or #38 or #39) and #40 #43 (#37 or #38 or #39) and #41 #44 #42 or #43 #45 #36 and #44
EMBASE	C= 1 18606361 SELECT ME66;EM74 C= 2 18606361 SELECT ME66;EM74 C= 17 18606361 SELECT ME66;EM74 S= 19.00 2933 FIND CT D GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL 20.01 776 DUPLICATE CANDIDATES IN S= 18.00 (OUTPUT ONLY) 20.02 388 DUPLICATES REMOVED FROM S= 18.00 (OUTPUT ONLY) 21.00 1503 UNIQUE IN S= 18.00 22.00 1470475 FIND CONTROLLED? 23.00 454162 FIND RANDOM? 24.00 1668210 FIND 22 TO 23 25.00 72 FIND 21 AND 24 27.00 13174 FIND CT D META‐ANALYSIS 28.00 98233 FIND CT D DOUBLE‐BLIND? 29.00 7859 FIND CT D SINGLE‐BLIND? 30.00 1686720 FIND 22;23;27;28;29 31.00 265 FIND 19 AND 30 32.00 12764689 PPS=HUMAN 33.00 213 FIND 31 AND 32 ME66: 68 Abstracts EM74: 145
CENTRAL	#1    MeSH descriptor Glomerulosclerosis, Focal, this term only #2    ((focal and glomerulo*) or (focal and nephr*)):ab,ti,kw #3    ((segmental and glomerulo*) or (segmental and nephr*)):ab,ti,kw #4    FSGS:ab,ti #5    (#1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4)