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Note: Search results are automatically restricted to documents with abstracts. Also, in databases with subject population indexing, results are restricted to human subjects.
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Enter the CAS Registry Number for a substance, including all hyphens. You can enter more than one number, for example: 7784-13-6 OR 7784-18-1. To locate the CAS Registry Number for a drug name, use the Chemical Substances Directory search. (Note: CAS Registry Numbers are not available in PASCAL or SciSearch.)

Sources
MEDLINE , an international database from the National Library of Medicine, covers every subject area in medicine and biomedical research. Additional coverage from EMBASE (Excerpta Medica), BIOSIS Previews®, PASCAL, SciSearch, and IPA (International Pharmaceutical Abstracts).

To search MEDLINE for articles by a specific author or by all authors at an organization, use the Articles By Author search.