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Please revise the content of your manuscript according to the letters you received from our editors and our production department.

Please see Journal Style for further information.

• We require two versions of the revised manuscript, one with “tracked” or highlighted changes, and one without. Please double-space.
• Use Microsoft Word (.doc) or Word Perfect (.wpd) format.
• Your revised file should include the title page, the abstract, the text of the article references, tables, and figure legends.
• Include your response to the reviewers as a separate file.
• Name your files with the corresponding author’s last name and “text,” “fig 1,” “fig 2,” etc.
• Upload each figure as a separate file. Please see below for technical guidelines for submission of figures.

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SUBMITTING YOUR REVISION

If you have a six-digit manuscript number issued by our previous submission system, please e-mail your revision to your Journal editor or editorial assistant. If you have a seven-digit manuscript number issued by our editorial office or Manuscript Central, please log in from our Author Center Home Page.

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Technical Guidelines
for Submission of Figures

NOTE: A glossary is provided for selected words in this section. Click on the word to view its definition.

• Medical illustrations
• Charts and graphs (vector graphics)
• Photographic (halftone) images (raster graphics)
• Videos

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PLATFORMS SUPPORTED FOR DIGITAL SUBMISSIONS

• Macintosh OS 9, OS X
• Windows 95/98, ME
• Windows NT, 2000, XP

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TYPES OF REMOVABLE MEDIA ACCEPTED

Please do not send us your figures on a disk unless specifically requested to do so; instead, submit your revised manuscript online.
If you are requested to send your figures on a disk, please use one of the following:

• CD-R or CD-RW (Mac/Win)
• Iomega Zip Disk 100 or 250 (Mac/Win)
• DVD

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FOR ILLUSTRATIONS

Medical and scientific illustrations will be recreated in-house.

Please submit a digital file of a clear conceptual sketch of the figure and a comprehensive legend for the in-house illustrators to use as a reference.

Electronic files are acceptable in any readable resolution since the illustrations will be redrawn in-house. We can accept electronic files for illustrations in the following formats and applications:

• PDF
• GIF
• JPEG
• TIFF
• BMP
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Microsoft PowerPoint

If an outside illustrator created the figure, the Journal reserves the right to modify or completely redraw it to meet our specifications for publication. The author must explicitly acquire all rights to the illustration from the artist in order for us to publish the illustration.

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FOR GRAPHS AND CHARTS (vector graphics)

We can accept the following digital formats:

• Adobe Illustrator
• Unlocked PDFs created from a vector program.

• BMP for black-and-white line art only. Resolution must be 1200 dpi/ppi.
• Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word 98 and 2000 as long as graphs are not placed into these programs as rasterized images

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FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC (halftone) IMAGES (raster graphics)

This refers to images containing gradations of color or shades of gray (such as photomicrographs, electron micrographs, Western blots, radiographic images, and ECG and EEG tracings).

Send two electronic originals: one with appropriate labeling and arrows identifying structures and an indication of the top of the image and one clean copy of the image without labels and arrows.

Please describe and clearly indicate all modifications, selective digital adjustments, or electronic enhancements in all digital images.

The following formats are preferred for submission of digital files of photographic images:

• EPS
• TIFF
• Adobe Photoshop
• JPEG (use only the maximum quality compression setting)

• BMP
• CT
• PDF
• Microsoft PowerPoint 98 and 2000

• Microsoft Word
• GIF
• iMovie (video)

Guidelines for resolution of photographic images (raster graphics):
266 dpi/ppi for color or grayscale photographic images.
Note: The file should be at 266 dpi when the width of the figure is 4 in.

Guidelines for color space:
We prefer electronic files in RGB, grayscale, or bitmap color modes.

Note: If you are unable to submit your photographic material using our online system, we can accept prints, up to 16 by 20 inches, transparencies (slides), or negatives suitable for scanning. Laser or low-quality inkjet prints printed on copier paper are not acceptable.

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FOR VIDEO

A video file submitted for consideration for publication on the Journal’s Web site should be in complete and final format and at as high a resolution as possible. Any editing of the video will be the responsibility of the author.

The Journal will review video files submitted in the following formats:

• QuickTime
• AVI
• MPEG
• RealMedia

The file should be no more than 10 MB and should be made available for downloading.

A legend to accompany the video should be double-spaced in a separate file. A still image from the video should be indicated for use in print or on a non-animated Web page to be linked to the video.

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NOTE: If images of patients are used, either the subjects should not be identifiable or their pictures must be accompanied by written permission to use the figure. Please download our Release Form for Photographs of Identifiable Patients.

*For additional questions regarding submission of artwork, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Figures page.