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ELINK

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
Destination Database
Direct Record Selection
Advanced Control
PubMed Citation Lookup
Miscellaneous Arguments
SEE ALSO

NAME

elink - look up related NCBI Entrez records

SYNOPSIS

elink [ -help ] [ -related ] [ -target dbname ] [ -name name ] [ -db name ] [ -id ID(s) ] [ -input filename ] [ -cmd command ] [ -cited ] [ -cites ]

DESCRIPTION

elink follows links between Entrez databases, either extending an existing Entrez Direct pipeline or honoring explicit -db and -id (or -input ) options.

OPTIONS

Destination Database

-related

Look up neighbors in the same database.

-target dbname

Follow links to another database.

-name name

Follow an explicit link name such as pubmed_protein_refseq , pubmed_pubmed_citedin , or pubmed_pubmed_refs .

Direct Record Selection

-db name

Entrez database name for immediate lookups.

-id ID(s)

Unique identifier(s) for immediate lookups.

-input filename

Read identifer(s) from file instead of standard input.

Advanced Control

-cmd command

Command type (returns eLinkResult XML):

	edirect		Instantiate results in ENTREZ_DIRECT message.
	uid		Return results as a sorted UID list, with any duplicates consolidated.
	history		Save results in Entrez history server.
	neighbor		Neighbors or links.
	score		Neighbors with computed similarity scores.
	acheck		All links available.
	ncheck		Existence of neighbors.
	lcheck		Existence of external links (LinkOuts).
	llinks		Non-library LinkOut providers.
	llibs		All LinkOut providers.
	prlinks		Primary LinkOut provider.

PubMed Citation Lookup

	-cited		References to this paper.
	-cites		Publication reference list.

-cited and -cites use the NIH Open Citation Collection dataset (see PMID 31600197) to follow reference links.

Miscellaneous Arguments

-help

Print usage information.