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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 fi ndings? Conclusion: Most important conclusion? Abstracts of Minireviews: Should be divided into the following subsections: Background, Summary and Key Messages. Th e Background should provide a brief clinical context for the review and is followed by the Summary, which should include a concise description of the main topics covered in the text. Th e Key Messages encapsulate the main conclusions of the review.s of Minireviews: Should be divided into the following subsections: Background, Summary and Key Messages. Th e Background should provide a brief clinical context for the review and is followed by the Summary, which should include a concise description of the main topics covered in the text. Th e Key Messages encapsulate the main conclusions of the review. 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Th e list of references should include only those publications which are cited in the text. Number references in the order in which they are fi rst mentioned in the text; do not list alphabetically. Th e surnames of the authors followed by initials should be given. Th ere 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: Tomson C: Vascular calcifi cation in chronic renal failure. Nephron Clin Pract 2003;93:c124–c130. (b) Papers published only with DOI numbers: Th eoharides TC, Boucher W, Spear K: Serum interleukin-6 refl ects disease severity and osteoporosis in mastocytosis patients. Int Arch Allergy Immunol DOI: 10.1159/000063858. (c) Monographs: Matthews DE, Farewell VT: Using and Understanding Medical Statistics, ed 3, revised. Basel, Karger, 1996. (d) Edited books: Kashihara N, Sugiyama H, Makino H: Implication of apoptosis in progression of renal diseases; in Razzaque MS, Taguchi T (eds): Renal Fibrosis. Contrib Nephrol. Basel, Karger, 2003, vol 139, pp 156–172. Reference Management Soft ware: Use of EndNote is recommended for easy management and formatting of citations and reference lists. Digital Object Identifi er (DOI) S. Karger Publishers supports DOIs as unique identifi ers for articles. A DOI number will be printed on the title page of each article. DOIs can be useful in the future for identifying and citing articles published online without volume or issue information. More information can be found at www.doi.org. Supplementary Material Supplementary material is restricted to additional data that are not necessary for the scientifi c integrity and conclusions of the paper. 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