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Limit the length of the text to approximately 3,000 words.
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Number the pages consecutively, starting with the title page, and continuing in the following order: abstract and keywords, body of text, references, figure legends and tables.
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Cite all references, figures (in arabic numerals) and tables (in roman numerals) in the text.
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Use generic names of drugs when possible. For any trade name cited, capitalize the first letter, and include the manufacturer’s name and location (city, state/province, country).
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Title Page
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Abstract Page
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Submit a structured abstract limited to 200 words: Objective, Study Design, Results and Conclusion. For case reports the headings should be: Background, Case and Conclusion.
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Address the study’s power to detect a difference if the research identified important variables that lacked a statistically significant difference.
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Clearly state the method of any randomization, blinding and selection of specific statistical tests.
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Explain dropouts/exclusions and confounding variables.
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Cite journal articles as follows: Authors: Article title. Abbreviated journal name. Year;volume: inclusive pages. Use Index Medicus abbreviations of journal names.
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Cite books as follows: Authors: Name of chapter. In Name of book. Editors’ names. Place, Publisher, year, inclusive page numbers.
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Identify references in the text with superscript numerals—e.g., Dorin et al.5
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Number all references consecutively as they appear in the text.
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Avoid listing unpublished data or manuscripts, personal communications, web sites and non–peer-reviewed publications.
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Case Reports: color figures will be published at the author's expense.
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All illustrations must include the original magnification and the stain employed, and clearly identify critical areas of radiographs, photomicrographs, etc.
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Number and title all tables.
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Avoid tables in which the data could be included in the text in several sentences.
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