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Table 2 Search strategy used in Ovid MEDLINE database from 1990 to July 2018

From: Effects of testosterone therapy for women: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

Serial no.

Search terms

Results

1

menopause/

26,370

2

premenopause/

7244

3

perimenopause/

1121

4

postmenopause/

22,851

5

menopaus*.mp.

57,015

6

premenopaus*.mp.

19,983

7

perimenopaus*.mp.

4332

8

post?menopaus*.mp.

61,005

9

wom#n*.mp.

1,068,823

10

female.mp.

8,122,352

11

or/1–10

8,271,597

12

testosterone/

66,324

13

epitestosterone/

250

14

hydroxytestosterones/

200

15

methyltestosterone/

1409

16

testosterone propionate/

732

17

androgen*.mp.

89,237

18

testosterone.mp.

95,520

19

or/12–18

154,811

20

11 and 19

63,288

21

limit 20 to (humans and yr = “1990 -Current” and (controlled clinical trial or randomised controlled trial))

1873