Front & Back Matter

Each paper needs an abstract of up to 250 words. It should be structured as follows: Background/Aims: What is the major problem that prompted the study? Methods: How was the study carried out? Results: Most important findings? Conclusion: Most important conclusion? Abstracts in Case Studies of genetic interest need not be structured.s in Case Studies of genetic interest need not be structured. Footnotes: Avoid footnotes. Tables and illustrations: Tables are part of the text. Place them at the end of the text file. Illustration data must be stored as separate files. Do not integrate figures into the text. Electronically submitted b/w half-tone and color illustrations must have a final resolution of 300 dpi after scaling, line drawings one of 800–1,200 dpi. Color illustrations Online edition: Color illustrations are reproduced free of charge. In the print version, the illustrations are reproduced in black and white. Please avoid referring to the colors in the text and figure legends. Print edition: Up to 6 color illustrations per page can be integrated within the text at CHF 960.00 per page. References: In the text identify references by Arabic numerals [in square brackets]. Material submitted for publication but not yet accepted should be noted as [unpublished data] and not be included in the reference list. The list of references should include only those publications which are cited in the text. Number references in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text; do not list alphabetically. The surnames of the authors followed by initials should be given. There should be no punctuation other than a comma to separate the authors. Preferably, please cite all authors. Abbreviate journal names according to the Index Medicus system. Also see International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals (www. icmje.org). Examples (a) Papers published in periodicals: Robinson CM, O’Dee D, Hamilton T, Nau GJ: Cytokines involved in interferon-γ production by human macrophages. J Innate Immun 2010;2:56–65. (b) Papers published only with DOI numbers: Theoharides TC, Boucher W, Spear K: Serum interleukin-6 reflects disease severity and osteoporosis in mastocytosis patients. Int Arch Allergy Immunol DOI: 10.1159/000063858.