Database

Time span

Search strategy

Cochrane Hepato‐Biliary Group Specialized Register

(Searched Nov 2002)

cholangitis AND penicillamine

The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials on The Cochrane Library (Issue 4, 2002)

Issue 4, 2002 (Searched Nov 2002)

#1 CHOLANGITIS‐SCLEROSING*:ME
#2 (PRIMARY and (SCLEROSING and CHOLANGITIS))
#3 (#1 or #2)
#4 PENICILLAMINE*:ME
#5 PENICILLAMINE
#6 (#4 or #5)
#7 (#3 and #6)

EMBASE

1980 to 2002 (Searched Nov 2002)

#1 explode "primary‐sclerosing‐cholangitis"/ all subheadings
#2 explode "sclerosing‐cholangitis"/ all subheadings
#3 "primary sclerosing cholangitis"
#4 #1 or #2 or #3
#5 explode "penicillamine"/ all subheadings
#6 penicillamine
#7 #5 or #6
#8 #4 and #7
#9 #8 and random*

MEDLINE

1966 to 2002 (Searched Nov 2002)

#1 explode "Cholangitis‐Sclerosing"/ all subheadings
#2 "primary sclerosing cholangitis"
#3 #1 or #2
#4 explode "Penicillamine"/ all subheadings
#5 penicillamine
#6 #4 or #5
#7 #3 and #6
#8 #7 and (PT = "RANDOMIZED‐CONTROLLED‐TRIAL")