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):
              history
                     Save results in Entrez history server
              neighbor
                     Neighbors or links
              neighbor_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
              llinkslib (Perl) or llibs (shell)
                     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.

SEE ALSO

       einfo(1), epost(1), nquire(1).

NCBI                                               2022-02-05                                           ELINK(1)