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J Am Med Inform Assoc 9:262-272 doi:10.1197/jamia.M0913
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Mapping Abbreviations to Full Forms in Biomedical Articles

Table 3

Number (Percentage) of Undefined Abbreviations from Medical and Biological Articles That Can Be Mapped to Each and Any of Four Abbreviation Databases

Abbreviation Database Medical* Biological† Medical and Biological‡
GenBank LocusLink 3 (10) 4 (13) 7 (12)
SWISSPROT 2 (7) 8 (27) 10 (17)
LRABR 15 (50) 10 (33) 25 (42)
BioABACUS 6 (20) 12 (40) 18 (30)
Any of the four databases: 17 (57) 24 (80) 41 (68)

  • ↵* The number (percentage) of abbreviations from medical articles that can be mapped to each database and to any of the four databases.

  • ↵† The number (percentage) of abbreviations from biological articles that can be mapped to each database and to any of the four databases.

  • ↵‡ The number (percentage) of abbreviations from both medical and biological articles that can be mapped to each database and to any of the four databases.

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