24 Peripheral Neuropathy

Of the options that appear, the first option “peripheral nervous system diseases” is the most likely to include all forms of peripheral neuropathy.

• Click on the “peripheral nervous system diseases” heading.

Ater the detailed “peripheral nervous system diseases” page appears,

• Scroll to the bottom of the page.
• Consider the broader and narrower headings in the “Peripheral Nervous System Diseases” tree.

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Would it be better to use one of the broader or narrower headings?

Which subheadings do you plan to use with the “Peripheral Nervous System Diseases” heading?

• Click the boxes in front of the desired subheadings (red arrows in figure below).

Scroll back up to the “PubMed Search Builder.”

Which Boolean operator —

AND
OR
NOT

— do you want to use to join the “capsaicin/therapeutic use” with the “peripheral nervous system diseases/therapy” terms?

• Select the appropriate Boolean operator (AND, OR, or NOT) (red arrow)

• Click  the “Add to search builder” button (blue arrow).