Table 5 Search Strategy for Identifying Peer Reviewed Literature on Rare Disease Methods and Infrastructure
From: An overview of the impact of rare disease characteristics on research methodology
Search String | Number of Articles | Date Performed |
|---|---|---|
“Rare Diseases”[Mesh] AND (“clinical trials as topic”[Mesh] OR “research design”[Mesh]) AND ((“2003/01/01”[PDAT]: “3000/12/31”[PDAT]) AND “humans”[MeSH Terms] AND English[lang]) | 191 | 1/2016 |
(“method”[ti] OR “methods”[ti] OR “methodology”[ti] OR “methodologies”[ti] OR “design”[ti] OR “designs”[ti]) AND (“rare diseases”[tw] OR “rare disease”[tw] OR “rare disorders”[tw] OR “rare disorder”[tw] OR “rare conditions”[tw] OR “rare condition”[tw] OR “orphan disease”[tw] OR “orphan diseases”[tw]) AND ((“2003/01/01”[PDAT]: “3000/12/31”[PDAT]) AND English[lang]) | 121 | 3/2016 |