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<tr><td width="30"> </td><td width="470"><font size="5"><strong>PubMed's<sup><font size=-2>®</font></sup> MeSH Mapping Feature to Include More British Spellings</strong></font><br /></td><td width="30"> </td></tr>
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ubMed's <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/help/pmhelp.html#AutomaticTermMapping">Automatic Term
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Mapping</a> feature includes the MeSH Translation Table which gives PubMed the ability to enhance searches
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with MeSH terms. We recently improved this table with additional British spellings of terms.
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PubMed can now recognize MeSH concepts when either the British or American spelling is used for MeSH or Entry Terms.
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Example: The British spelling:<br />
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tooth discolouration
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is recognized as the MeSH descriptor:<br />
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Tooth Discoloration
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<strong>A Step Further</strong><br />
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Normally, an unqualified search of a MeSH concept is translated by
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PubMed to a search for the MeSH term <strong>ORed</strong> with the searcher's entry qualified (tagged) as a Text Word:<br />
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If you enter cyst<br />
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PubMed searches: <br />
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"cysts"[MeSH Terms] OR cyst[Text Word]
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For terms with British and American spellings, the Text Word search will include <strong>both</strong> the
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British and the American spelling of the word:
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If you enter <em>either</em> oesophageal cyst <em>or</em> esophageal cyst,
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PubMed searches:<br />
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"esophageal cyst"[MeSH Terms] OR esophageal<br />
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cyst[Text Word] OR oesophageal cyst[Text Word]
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This means searches will retrieve the same citations regardless of whether the American or British spelling is used.
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If you are aware of British spellings that do not map to the appropriate MeSH heading please let us know
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by sending an e-mail to:
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<a href="mailto:custserv@nlm.nih.gov">custserv@nlm.nih.gov</a>.
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<strong>By Annette Nahin</strong><br />
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<strong>MEDLARS Management Section</strong><br />
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<p>Automatic Term Mapping, British Spellings</p>
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<p>PubMed, MeSH Mapping, British spellings</p>
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<p>PubMed,British spellings</p>
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<p>British spellings, PubMed</p>
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<em>Nahin A. PubMed's MeSH Mapping Feature to Include More British Spellings. NLM Tech Bull. 2003 Mar-Apr;(331):e7.</em>
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