diff --git a/translators/NCBI PubMed.js b/translators/NCBI PubMed.js
index 5eeb8a0be..0575b65ed 100644
--- a/translators/NCBI PubMed.js	
+++ b/translators/NCBI PubMed.js	
@@ -84,7 +84,17 @@ function lookupPMIDs(ids, doc) {
 			}
 
 			if (article.Pagination.MedlinePgn.length()){
-				newItem.pages = article.Pagination.MedlinePgn.text().toString();
+				var fullPageRange = article.Pagination.MedlinePgn.text().toString();
+				var pageRange = fullPageRange.match(/\d+-\d+/g);
+				for (i in pageRange) {
+					var pageRangeStart = pageRange[i].match(/^\d+/).join("");
+					var pageRangeEnd = pageRange[i].match(/\d+$/).join("");
+					if (pageRangeStart.length > pageRangeEnd.length) {
+						pageRangeEnd = pageRangeStart.substring(0,pageRangeStart.length-pageRangeEnd.length) + pageRangeEnd;
+						fullPageRange = fullPageRange.replace(pageRange[i],pageRangeStart+"-"+pageRangeEnd);
+					}	
+				}
+				newItem.pages = fullPageRange;
 			}
 
 			if(article.Journal.length()) {