INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscripts should be submitted to one of the editors:

Constantine A. Stratakis, MD, DSc, Editor-in-Chief

NIH, NICHD, DEB, Blg. 10, Rm. 10N262

Bethesda, MD 20892-1862, USA.

Tel. +1(301)4964686,

Fax. +1(301) 4020574

e-mail: stratakc@mail.nih.gov

Salvatore Benvenga, M.D.

Cattedra di Endocrinologia, Policlinico Universitario, padiglione H, 4 piano

via Consolare Valeria, 1

98125 Messina, Italy

tel. +39 (090) 221.3517

fax. +39 (090) 221.3518

e-mail: s.benvenga@me.nettuno.it

Jérôme Bertherat, M.D., D.Sc.

Département d’Endocrinologie

Institut Cochin, pièce 3005

24, rue du Fg-St-Jacques

75014, Paris, France

tel: 33-1-58 41 18 95

fax: 33-1-46 33 80 60

e-mail: jerome.bertherat@cch.ap-hop-paris.fr

JEG is not responsible in the event any manuscript is lost. Manuscripts become the permanent property of JEG and may not be published elsewhere without written permission from the author and journal.

Manuscripts are received with the understanding that they have not been submitted to other journals or news media.

TRANSFER OF AUTHOR COPYRIGHT

Please provide a release of copyright addressed to Freund Publishing House Ltd., which should include the title of the article, date and must be signed by all the authors.

ETHICS OF INVESTIGATION

Authors should identify whether ethical standards were used in their research; for example whether informed consent was obtained, etc., when applicable. Such a manuscript should include the notation that the study was approved by the institutional committee on human research.

MANUSCRIPTS

Must be in English. Submit an original (and three copies) typewritten on one side of  8 1/2  x 11 inch (22 x 28 cm) heavy-duty white bond paper, sequentially numbered, double-spaced (including references, tables, legends and footnotes). Abstract, references, tables, and legends should each begin on a new page. A PC-diskette should be included with your manuscript. All accepted manu­scripts are subjected to editing.

TITLE PAGE

Should include authors’ names and academic degrees, and departmental and institutional affiliations of each author. Designate one author as the correspond­ent, and provide address, business and home telephone numbers, and fax and e-mail numbers. Include a running head and up to 8 key words.

ABSTRACT

Not exceeding 150 words should incorporate data on background, objective or hypothesis, subjects, methods or plan, results, conclusions.

LABORATORY VALUES

Should be described in both the Inter­national System of Units (SI units) and in metric units in parentheses.

FOOTNOTES

The text should be typed and numbered consecutively at the foot of the appropriate page, using a line for separation from the text.

REFERENCES

Should be cited consecutively in the text as superscript numerals, and listed in the same numerical order at the end of the paper. List the names of all authors.

EXAMPLES OF REFERENCES:

Journal article:

Davies EA, Jones TW. Hypoglycemia in children with diabetes: Incidence, counter­regulation and cognitive dysfunction. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 1998: 11 (Suppl 1): 177-182.

Book:

Merimee TJ, Laron Z. Growth Hormone, IGF-I and Growth - New Views of Old Concepts. London-Tel Aviv: Freund Publishing House Ltd., 1996; pp 266.

Chapter in book:

Laron Z, Wasserman M. The young adult growth hormone deficient patients in whom treatment had been stopped at end of puberty. In: Laron Z, Butenandt O, eds. Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy in Adults - Pros and Cons. Tel Aviv-London: Freund Publishing House Ltd., 1993; 21-30.

      Personal communications should not be included in the list of references, but may be cited in the text in parentheses. Papers accepted and in press may be listed, mentioning the journal.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Figures should be numbered consecutively with arabic numerals. Legends should be typed double-spaced on a separate sheet. Submit one set of original glossy prints, and three sets of clean, sharp photocopies. Name of first author and number and top of the figure should be indicated by a soft pencil on the back of each figure. The cost of colour illustrations will be charged to the author. All graphics to be printed in color should be submitted as PDF files. One page of colour printing costs US$ 1,000; each subsequent page costs $800.

TABLES

Each table must be typed on a separate sheet and numbered consecut­ively using arabic numbers. Large tables will be treated as figures, and must be of acceptable quality for printing.

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

 Including illustrative patient reports should be structured as an extended abstract, not exceeding four typed pages including up to six references, one table and/or one figure.

FORUM CORRESPONDENCE

Consisting of comments on a pub­lished paper or presenting a view on an important issue should not exceed one typed page including references.

REPRINTS

Twenty-five reprints will be supplied free of charge for each article. Additional reprints can be ordered from the publisher.

GALLEY PROOFS

Only printers’ errors may be corrected. There are no page charges.

COPYRIGHT RESPONSIBILITY

This is clearly the author’s own responsibility. If any figure(s), illustrat­ion(s), table(s) or extended quotation(s), etc. are to be taken from material(s) previously published, the author(s) must secure reproduction permis­sion from the copyright owner.

ENQUIRIES

 Abstracts of meetings and advertise­ments will be published against payment. All such enquiries and subscriptions should be addressed to the Production Editor, Naomi Kingsley, Freund Publishing House Ltd., P.O. Box 35010, Tel Aviv, Israel. Fax +972-3-562-8538, Tel. +972-3-562 8540, e-mail h_freund@ netvision.net.il. All other editorial correspondence should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief.

The original manuscript and diagrams will be discarded one month after publication unless there is a written request for the material to be returned to the author.

P.O. Box 35010, Tel Aviv, Israel, 61350. Tel: 972-3- 562-8540; Fax: 972-3-562-8538

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