valid_entities: Filter entities to include only valid biomedical terms

In LBDiscover: Literature-Based Discovery Tools for Biomedical Research

Filter entities to include only valid biomedical terms

Description

This function applies validation to ensure only legitimate biomedical entities are included, while preserving trusted terms.

Usage

valid_entities(
  entities,
  primary_term,
  primary_term_variations = NULL,
  validation_function = NULL,
  verbose = TRUE,
  entity_col = "entity",
  type_col = "entity_type"
)

Arguments

entities	Data frame of entities to filter
primary_term	The primary term to trust
primary_term_variations	Vector of variations of the primary term to trust
validation_function	Function to validate entities (default: is_valid_biomedical_entity)
verbose	Logical; if TRUE, print status messages (default: TRUE)
entity_col	Name of the column containing entity names (default: "entity")
type_col	Name of the column containing entity types (default: "entity_type")

Value

A data frame of filtered entities

LBDiscover documentation built on June 16, 2025, 5:09 p.m.