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Tag: acute

A truly acute cute thing in PubMed

December 19, 2009 Marc Abrahams

Yesterday we reported on several cute cases of apparent typographical errors that rendered the wore “acute” into “a cute” in citations in the PubMed database. This item, though, is different. Its title really is as it appears in the database: “Mesodiverticular Band: A Cute Little Bleeder,” K. Mukherjee, L. Fryer, Mr B. M. Stephenson, British […]

Arts and Science, Research Newsacute, cut

A cute/acute thing in Pubmed

December 18, 2009 Marc Abrahams

Certain typographical errors are especially likely to creep into medical databases. These entries in the PubMed database may demonstrate the principle. A cute poisoning. A survey of 516 cases. CUMMING G., Practitioner. 1960 Apr;184:481-7. No abstract available. PMID: 13813276 A cute pancreatitis in the upper age groups. HOFFMAN E, PEREZ E, SOMERA V., Gastroenterology. 1959 […]

Arts and Science, Research Newsacute, cute, error
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