On Doctoring MEDLINE searches, with reference librarian comments, March 2000

The question was

Less common causes of ascites

1    exp *Ascites/pc,et [Prevention & Control, Etiology]    results=352   
2    limit 1 to review of reported cases    results=24   

Reference Librarian comments

Interesting. I wish I knew if the "review of reported cases" satisfied the question. But, either way, you're doing MEDLINE searches just fine. You "exploded" the subject-heading, chose appropriate subheadings, limited, etc.

Thanks for participating in this!

I tried the search in another way, but I want to admit this was VERY "quick & dirty" on my part.

Medline 1991 to January 2000

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Search History
Results
1
exp *Ascites/pc,et
352
2
uncommon.tw.
15764
3
less common.tw.
2478
4
rare.tw.
63059
5
1 and (2 or 3 or 4)
52
6
limit 5 to (human and english language)
37