| On Doctoring MEDLINE searches, with reference librarian comments |
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The question was
"What is the incidence of gynecomastia in mature
adults as a consequence of testosterone therapy for Klinefelter's
Syndrome."1 : Testosterone/ad,ae,ct,tu [Administration & Dosage, Adverse {3111}
Effects, Contraindications, Therapeutic Use]
2 : Gynecomastia/ or "gynecomastia".mp. {2034}
3 : Gynecomastia/ci,et,th [Chemically Induced, Etiology, {832}
Therapy]
4 : Klinefelter's syndrome/ or Testosterone/ {37776}
5 : Klinefelter's syndrome/co,pc,dt,en,th [Complications, {715}
Prevention & Control, Drug Therapy, Enzymology, Therapy]
6 : 1 and 3 and 5 {1}
7 : from 6 keep 1 { 1}
Reference Librarian comments
Good job. I would always "explode" MeSH terms, though. I'm
wondering if you'd get more if you drop the Klinefelter angle. I
have no idea if this would be interesting to you.I think I'll try it and see:
Medline 1966 to February 1999
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Search History
Results1 :
exp testosterone/ad,ae,ct,tu
34662 :
exp gynecomastia/ci,et
8163 :
1 and 2
194 :
limit 3 to human
19.... Ah well, just a slightly different approach. Congrats, etc., on
your MEDLINE strategy.
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