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If you got any interesting cases
please write to us. We will obtain opinion from various specialists and
publish the responses.Your valuable comments/suggestions are most
welcome.
Please send your articles to:
ournal Editor : Dr.Kassim
Rawther
Post Box : 4266(Dubai)
Tel : 04 2225854
Fax : 04 2239933
Mob : 050-5287054
Note: Alternately, you can e mail the articles to
journal@akmgemirates.org .Please SMS "Journal article sent"
to 050-6364693 (Dr.Hanish) or
050-5287054 (Dr.Kassim) after sending the e mail. This is essential as
the editorial board will be able to go through your contribution
immediately.
We are also planning an online edition of Journal. So, it will be
better if you can send all articles on MS Word format. The pictures
should be on jpeg format and the size of each should not exceed 100
kb.( Clinical Pictures with higher resolution may be up to 200 kb).For
pictures of larger size, please send your copy in a floppy or
CD.
Thanking You,
Sincerely Yours in
AKMG,
Dr.Kassim Rawther,
Editor, AKMG
Emirates Journal
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Instructions
to authors:
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The AKMG Journal Of
Medicine publishes articles in Modern Medicine and Dental Sciences in
the following sections:
- Continuing Medical Education,
- Reviews,
- Case
Reports,
- Clinical Studies,
- Quiz,
- Short Communications,
- Views,
- Clinical
Rounds,
- Book Review,
- Letters to Editor, and
- Light Reading.
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Articles should be sent to:
Dr.Kassim Rawther,
Editor, AKMG Jour Med,
Post Box 1314, Dubai
Tel : 04-2236779
Fax : 04-2238382
Email : journal@akmgemirates.org
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All articles should be sent
in the printed form and on Floppy/CD disc format.
Before submitting the articles please do a careful grammar and spelling
check.
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The articles should follow
the internationally accepted format for medical manuscripts.
All
articles should include heading, name of author/authors,
qualifications, designation, address of Correspondence with telephone
number and e-mail.
Clinical pictures should be
original
pictures/scanned jpeg/bmp formats with legends and figure numbers
clearly marked (1,2). Include only important pictures.
Tables should be
numbered in Roman numerals (I, II).
Except short
communications,
letters to editor, quiz, views and light reading, all articles should
have
an Abstract, Keywords and Introduction in the beginning.
The
following format may be followed:
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CLINICAL STUDY
: Abstract, Key Words, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion,
Conclusion, and References.
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CASE REPORT
: Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Case Report, Discussion, and
References. Case reports without clinical pictures will not be
accepted. If face is shown, a letter of permission from the patient
should accompany the article. Otherwise the eyes should be blacked out.
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QUIZ :
Heading, Clinical Picture, Photomicrographs, if any; and Question.
Another Page: Diagnosis, Discussion. Only Headings and Subheadings
should be in bold. Italics may be used to highlight words/sections in
the text.
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VIEWS :
Regarding medical/dental related subjects
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LIGHT READING
: Humorous articles, poems, jokes etc with medical themes.
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CME and Review articles
can have up to 6-8 pages.
Clinical Studies and Case
reports should not
exceed 4 pages.
Others 1-2 pages.
Print with line space 1.5
or above
leaving ample spaces all around.
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References should be
numbered in order of appearance in the text. In the text identify them
by Arabic numerals superscripted (above the line) and place them at the
end of the sentence or phrase after the punctuation (e.g.: Robert et al
reported 20 such cases. 3 ).
In the References section at the end of the article, list all authors,
but if the number exceeds three, give first three followed by et al.
Name of the journal should be abbreviated according to the style of
Index Medicus.
Examples:
Reference
to articles in a Journal:
1.Pasricha
JS, Thanzama J, Reddy RS. Nasal filters for relief from
atopic dermatitis caused by inhalants. Indian J Dermatol Venereol
Leprol 1989; 55:131-134.
Reference
to a chapter in a Book:
1.
Atherton DJ. The role of food in atopic dermatitis, in: Paediatric
Dermatology: Controversies and Current Concepts, Ed.Gelmetti C, DM
Medical Publishing, New York, 1994; 47-53.
The
Editorial Board reserves its right to accept and reject articles
without providing explanations for either. The editors also reserve the
customary right to style and if necessary to abridge the script
accepted.
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