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 […]
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How many wronged or wrong co-authors
A quick math adventure: Estimate the number of co-authors in this publication (“Erratum to ‘Atmospheric effects on extensive air showers observed with the surface detector of the Pierre Auger observatory‘”, Astroparticle Physics, vol. 32, no. 2, 2009, pp. 89–99. Thanks to investigator Adrian Smith for bringing it to our attention.) If you want to do […]