Documenta Ophthalmologica
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Page 2: Abstract
Page 3: Introduction
followed by
Material and Methods
Results
Discussion
References
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Page 1: Title Page
The title page should include:
Title of Paper
Names(s) of all authors
Affiliation
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Presentation at a conference
Clinical Trial Registration number if required
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Page 2: Abstract
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Background
Methods
Results
Conclusions
Keywords
Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes
Page 3: Introduction.
The Introduction should state the purpose of the investigation and give a short review
of the pertinent literature (max. one printed page).
Followed by:
Materials and methods
The Materials and methods section should follow the Introduction and should
provide enough information to permit repetition of the experimental work.
For particular chemicals or equipment, the name and location of the supplier should be given in parentheses.
Results.
The Results section should describe the outcome of the study. Data should be presented as
concisely as possible, if appropriate in the form of tables or figures, although very large tables should be avoided.
Discussion.
The Discussion should be an interpretation of the results and their significance with reference to work by other authors.
Acknowledgements.
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Conflict of Interest Statement:
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The references should be listed in the order they appear.
Case reports must contain a disclosure in regards to patient consent.
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References
Citation
Reference citations in the text should be identified by numbers in square brackets. Some examples:
1. Negotiation research spans many disciplines [3].
2. This result was later contradicted by Becker and Seligman [5].
3. This effect has been widely studied [1-3, 7].
Reference list
The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list.
The entries in the list should be numbered consecutively.
Journal article
Gamelin FX, Baquet G, Berthoin S, Thevenet D, Nourry C, Nottin S, Bosquet L (2009) Effect of high intensity intermittent training on heart rate variability in prepubescent children. Eur J Appl Physiol 105:731-738. doi: 10.1007/s00421-008-0955-8
Ideally, the names of all authors should be provided, but the usage of “et al” in long author lists will also be accepted:
Smith J, Jones M Jr, Houghton L et al (1999) Future of health insurance. N Engl J Med 965:325–329
Article by DOI
Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med. doi:10.1007/s001090000086
Book
South J, Blass B (2001) The future of modern genomics. Blackwell, London
Book chapter
Brown B, Aaron M (2001) The politics of nature. In: Smith J (ed) The rise of modern genomics, 3rd edn. Wiley, New York, pp 230-257
Online document
Cartwright J (2007) Big stars have weather too. IOP Publishing PhysicsWeb. http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/11/6/16/1. Accessed 26 June 2007
Dissertation
Trent JW (1975) Experimental acute renal failure. Dissertation, University of California
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