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MEDLINE Indexing Online Training Course

Subheadings (qualifiers): Exercise 2

Using principles of subheading coordination, determine the appropriate subheadings where indicated.


1. Effects of methylphenidate on blood pressure in patients with brain injury

HUMAN (check tag)


BRAIN INJ/* 
 

BLOOD PRESSURE/* 
 

METHYLPHENIDATE/* 
 


2. Brain histology in multiple sclerosis

HUMAN (check tag)


MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS/* 
 

BRAIN/* 
 


3. Complement activation in Plasmodium falciparum malaria

HUMAN (check tag)

*COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION


MALARIA, FALCIPARUM/ * 
 


4. Structural genes of the measles virus

GENES, VIRAL


MEASLES VIRUS/* 
 


5. Blood levels of prostate-specific antigen in the diagnosis of prostate cancer

HUMAN (Check tag)

MALE (Check tag)


PROSTATE NEOPLASMS/* 
 

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN/* 
 


6. Levels of heparan sulfate in urine of mucopolysaccharidosis patients


HEPARAN SULFATE/* 
 

MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS/* 
 


7. Isolation of Escherichia coli from the small intestine


INTESTINE, SMALL/* 
 

E COLI/* 
 


8. Isolation of Campylobacter pylori from the gastric mucosa of patients with stomach ulcer

HUMAN (Check tag)


GASTRIC ULCER/* 
 

GASTRIC MUCOSA/* 
 

HELICOBACTER PYLORI/* 
 


9. Pelvic exenteration for primary rectal cancer

*PELVIC EXENTERATION


RECTAL NEOPLASM/* 
 


10. I-125 brachytherapy for thyroid cancer

*BRACHYTHERAPY


THYROID NEOPLASM/* 
 

IODINE RADIOISOTOPES/* 
 


Last Reviewed: March 31, 2016