Research Article

Study of Query Expansion Techniques and Their Application in the Biomedical Information Retrieval

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A sample of a MEDLINE document.

TI The occurrence of Cystic Fibrosis and celiac sprue within a single sibship.
MJ CYSTIC-FIBROSIS: fg. CELIAC-DISEASE: fg.
MN ADULT. BIOPSY. CELIAC-DISEASE: co, fg. CHILD. CYSTIC-FIBROSIS: co.
DIET-THERAPY. DILATATION. FEMALE. FLOCCULATION. GLUTEN: me.
HUMAN. INTESTINAL-MUCOSA: pa, ra. INTESTINE-SMALL: pa, ra.
JEJUNUM: pa. MALE. PEDIGREE. CELIAC-DISEASE: co, th.
AB A family is presented in which celiac sprue and cystic fibrosis occurred within the
same sibship. A cousin of the index case was also discovered to have celiac sprue.
The genetics and incidence of both conditions are reviewed. It is estimated that
the likelihood of this association occurring on the basis of chance in this is 1 in
50,000.