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Table 2 Description of query strategies

From: Assessing rare diseases prevalence using literature quantification

 

Query Strategy (QS) 1

Query Strategy (QS) 2

Query Strategy (QS) 3 (Griffon et al.)

Orpha

[tiab]

[tiab]

[tw]

Orpha Synonyms

[tiab]

[tiab]

[tw]

If the disease has a Mesh Descriptor (Mesh prefered term)

[mh:noexp]

-

[mh]

If the disease has a Mesh Supplementary Concept (Mesh prefered term)

[nm:noexp]

-

[nm]

If the disease has a Mesh Concept

[tiab|

-

[tw]

If the disease has Mesh Synonyms (Mesh non prefered term)

[tiab]

-

[tw]

If the disease has an OMIM term

-

-

[tw]

If the disease has an OMIM Synonyms (OMIM non prefered term)

-

-

[tw]