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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.

SEE ALSO

       ecollect(1),  efetch(1),  efilter(1),  einfo(1),  epost(1), esearch(1), nquire(1), xfetch(1), xfilter(1),
       xlink(1), xsearch(1).

NCBI                                               2025-05-26                                           ELINK(1)