Abstracts

It should briefly describe the problem being addressed in the study, how the study was performed, the salient result and what the authors conclude from the results. Structured of unstructured abstract should be in accordance to the article type. A structured abstract of not more than 250 words for original article and an unstructured abstract of no more than 150 words for other submission types (case report, short communication, special communication and review article) is required. The structured abstract should consist of four paragraphs, under the headings: Objective, Methods, Results and Conclusion. Results should mention key frequencies, percentages and findings. Abstracts should be followed by 3-5 MeSH words. Details available from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) list of index medicus. For assistance see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh.