School of Optometry Liaison: Clinical Cases

This guide is adapted from original material by Heather Edmonds, New England College of Optometry

There is an easy way to search PubMed to find clinical case reports in your area of interest.

1. First navigate to PubMed and search for your topic. (Please note this is a proxied link that, once logged in with your BlazerID and password, will allow you access to all UAB's subscribed content).
2. When you are on the results screen, click Article types at the top of the left-most column, then click Customize...
3. You will see a pop-up menu of different article types.  Check the Case Reports box, and click Show.
4. Go back to "Article types," and click Case Reports again.  You will now see that the results have been filtered to show only case reports.
5. To narrow your results further: go back to the left column, and under Publication dates choose "5 years."
6. If you have trouble accessing full text, or it is not available, please email me at marliese@uab.edu to request it.