Front & Back Matter

Each original paper needs an abstract of up to 250 words structured with subheadings as follows: Background/Aims, Methods, Results, Conclusions. Structured abstracts are not needed for Reviews and Novel Insights from Clinical Practice. Footnotes: Footnotes should be avoided. When essential, they should be numbered consecutively and appear at the foot of the appropriate page. Acknowledgements: Include all sources of funding for the research presented in the manuscript and substantive contributions of individuals regarding the research or manuscript. All possible conflicts of interest should also be given here. Abbreviations: Abbreviations (with the exception of those clearly well-established in the field) should be explained when they are first used. Units of measurement: Measurements should be expressed in SI units wherever possible. Drug names: Use generic names of drugs (first letter: lowercase) whenever possible. Registered trade names (first letter: uppercase) should be marked with the superscript registration symbol ® or TM when they are first mentioned. Tables and illustrations: Tables and figures must be numbered (e.g. Figure 1, Figure 2) and submitted as separate files. Tables require a heading and figures a legend, which must provide sufficient information for either to stand alone. Each figure and table must be cited in the text numerically. Tables should be in Word format. b/w half-tone and color figures must have a final resolution of 300 dpi after scaling to final size, line drawings 1,200 dpi. Color figures must be in RGB format. All figures should be in a common format such as PSD, TIF, PNG, EPS or WMF. Vector graphics should be in PPT, AI or EPS format.