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The {{PMID}} template is used to create a link from a PMID codes for life sciences and biomedical articles to PubMed.

Example:

Correct: {{PMID|4957203}} → PMID 4957203

Incorrect: PMID 4957203 → PMID 4957203

Incorrect: PMID:4957203 → PMID:4957203

Incorrect: PubMed 4957203 → PubMed 4957203

If multiple PMIDs need to be listed in a row (for example in a table), this can be accomplished using the multiple template arguments.

{{PMID|id1|id2|id3|id4|...}}

Example (with "," as default leadout):

{{PMID|4957203|4957203|4957203|4957203}}

results in:

PMID 4957203, 4957203, 4957203, 4957203

Example (with "and" as leadout):

{{PMID|4957203|4957203|4957203|4957203|leadout=and}}

results in:

PMID 4957203, 4957203, 4957203 and 4957203

A single PMID can also be included in templates such as the Citation Style 1 series by means of the |pmid= parameter. Integer values starting at 1 are allowed.

The linking is done internally to the template using a module or a subtemplate. The "PMID" string links to the article "PubMed", and the PMID number links to the PubMed article with that number.

Koprowski, H.; Wiktor, T. J.; Kaplan, M. M. (1960-04-28). "Enhancement of rabies virus infection by lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus". Virology. 28 (4): 754–756. PMID 4957203.

• To generate full Template:Cite journal markup from a known PubMed Abstract number, use Wikipedia template filling tool
• Another tool to generate Wikipedia citations from a PubMed ID or DOI, not using Cite journal template (in German) Old version, may work but not maintained
• Biblio.php, an extension of Mediawiki, the wiki software used here at Wikipedia. It provides a bibliography management system for wikis and supports direct PMID-based referencing