Citations in PubMed contain a Related Articles link. Clicking on this link will access the citations in PubMed that are most closely related to the original citation. This useful feature is not available in OVID's MEDLINE interface.
How is the list of related article citations generated? PubMed compares words from the title and abstract of each citation, as well as the MeSH headings assigned, and applies a word-weighted algorithm. This compares the frequency with which words in titles, abstracts or assigned MeSH headings in other citations correspond with those in the initial citation. Articles with the most words and headings in common are assumed to be the most relevant.
Make use of the Related Articles link to locate more citations relevant to your search. If you find one good article, this unique PubMed function can help you find similar articles.
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