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Keywords: Please provide 4–6 keyword swhich can be used for indexing purposes. (For Original Articles, Brief Communication and Review articles only.)
Text: Manuscripts should be submitted in the Word format.
For Original Articles, organize the mainbody / text into an introductory section that conveys the background / purposeof the study, followed by sections titled Material and Methods, Results and Discussion.
For Review Articles, organize the main body / text into an introductory section that conveys the background and purpose of the review. Review of the subject under paragraph headings.
Headings: Please use no more than three levels of display headings
Abbreviations: Abbreviations should be defined at the first mention and used consistently thereafter. Year, month, week, day, hour, minute and second should be abbreviated as y, mo,wk, d, h, min, and s, respectively.
Citations: Reference citations in the text should be identified by numbers in square brackets. Some examples:
References: The Journal follows the Vancouver system of references. Examples are given below
For Journal Article: Ibdah JA, Bennet MJ, Rinaldo P, et al. A fetal fatty-acid oxidation disorder as acause of liver disease in pregnant women.N Engl J Med. 1999;340:1723–31.
For Book: Krishnamurthy G, Krishnamurthy S. Nuclear Hepatology: A text bookof hepatobiliary disease. New York: Springer-Verlag;2002. 6–12.
For Book Chapter: Jones MC, Smith RB. Treatment ofgastric cancer. In: Ford TL, editor. Cancer of the digestive system. Berlin: Springer-Verlag;1999. p. 140–54.
Article by DOI: Mori K, Arai H, Abe T, et al. Spleenstiffness correlates with the presenceof ascites but not esophageal varices inchronichepatitis C patients. BiomedRes Int. 2013;2013:857862. doi:10.1155/2013/857862. Epub 2013 Aug 1 Manuscript Certificate stating that thework described has not been publishedbefore; that it is not under considerationfor publication anywhere else; thatits publication has been approved byall co-authors, if any, as well as bythe responsibleauthorities – tacitly orexplicitly – at the institute where the workhas been carried out, should be submitted with the manuscript.
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