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Malaysian J Pathol June 2008EthicsWhen reporting experiments on human subjects, indicate whether the procedures followed werein accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation(institutional or regional) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000. Do not usepatients’ names, initials, or hospital numbers, especially in illustrative material. When reportingexperiments on animals, indicate whether the institution’s or a national research council’s guide for,or any national law on, the care and use of laboratory animals was followed.ResultsPresent your results in logical sequence in the text, tables, and figures. Do not repeat in the text all thedata in the tables or figures; emphasize or summarise only important observations.DiscussionEmphasise the new and important aspects of the study and the conclusions that follow from them. Donot repeat in detail data or other material given in the Introduction or the Results sections. Include inthe Discussion section the implications of the findings and their limitations, including implications forfuture research. Relate the observations to other relevant studies.AcknowledgmentsSpecify (a) contributions that need acknowledging but do not justify authorship, specifying the natureof their contribution (such as general support by a departmental Head, critical review of the paper, datacollection); (b) acknowledgments of technical help; (c) acknowledgments of financial and materialsupport, specifying the nature of the support; (d) relationships that may pose a conflict of interest; and(e) disclaimers, if any.REFERENCESNumber references consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Identifyreferences in text, tables, and legends by Arabic numerals in superscript. References cited only in tablesor in legends to figures should be numbered in accordance with the sequence established by the firstidentification in the text of the particular table or figure.The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in the Index Medicus.References should be verified by the author(s) against the original documents. Authors are responsiblefor the accuracy of their references.Examples of common forms of references are given below. Further examples are available fromwww.nlm.nih.gov/citingmedicine(1) Standard journal article(List all authors when six or less; when seven or more, list only the first three authorsfollowed by et al).Ellis IO, Coleman D, Wells C, et al. Impact of a national external quality assessmentscheme for breast pathology in the UK. J Clin Pathol. 2006; 59: 138-45.(2) Book with personal author(s)Modlin IM, Sachs G. Acid related diseases: biology and treatment. 2 nd ed. Philadelphia:Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; c2004. 522 p.(3) Book with Editor(s), compiler(s) as authorIzzo JL Jr, Black HR, editors. Hypertension primer: the essentials of high blood pressure.3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; c2003. 532 p.ii68