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Beware of word truncation in PubMed: unexpected problems and potential solutions

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  • Rafael Vieira Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Center of São João, Porto, Portugal PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bernardo Sousa-Pinto MEDCIDS—Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal CINTESIS—Center for Health Technology and Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Luís Figueira Unit of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Center of São João, Porto, Portugal PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Rafael Vieira, University Hospital Center of São João, Porto, Portugal; mail{at}rafaelvieira.eu
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Vieira R, Sousa-Pinto B, Figueira L
Beware of word truncation in PubMed: unexpected problems and potential solutions
BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine 2021;26:34-36.

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  • Accepted October 11, 2019
  • First published November 4, 2019.
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January 26, 2021

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