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KUWAIT MEDICAL JOURNALKUWAIT MEDICAL JOURNAL (KMJ)Instructions for AuthorsINTRODUCTIONFormerly known as ‘The Journal of the KuwaitMedical Association’, the Kuwait Medical Journal(KMJ) was established in the year 1967. It is the officialpublication of the Kuwait Medical Association andpublished quarterly and regularly in March, June,September and December.AIMS AND SCOPEKMJ aims to publish peer-reviewed manuscriptsof international interest. Submissions on clinical,scientific or laboratory investigations of relevance tomedicine and health science come within the scopeof its publication. Original articles, case reports, briefcommunications, book reviews, insights and lettersto the editor are all considered. Review articles aresolicited. Basic medical science articles are publishedunder the section ‘Experimental Medicine’.GENERALThe Kuwait Medical Journal is a signatory journal tothe Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submittedto Biomedical Journals, the fifth (1997) revision of adocument by the international Committee of MedicalJournal Editors. A description of important featuresof this document is available on the Lancet website athttp://www.thelancet.com. Alternatively, you mayconsult the following: N Engl J Med 1997; 336:307-315 or order the leaflet “Uniform Requirements forManuscripts Submitted to Biomdical Journals” bywriting to the Editor of the British Medical Journal(BMJ), BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H9JR, UK.To present your original work for consideration,one complete set of the manuscript, written in English(only), accompanied by tables, and one set of figures(if applicable), should be submitted to the Editor.Authors should also provide the manuscript on anIBM compatible medium such as floppy, CD (in MSword format) or pen-drive, if not submitted throughe-mail. The KMJ editorial office uses Microsoft ‘Office2007’ word processing and ‘Excel’ programs. Details ofthe type of computer used, the software employed andthe disk system, if known, would be appreciated.ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONSA manuscript could be submitted through e-mailas an attached word-document (.doc), together witha scanned copy of the signed consent letter of theauthor(s). The consent letter could otherwise be faxedto the journal office at (00965) 25312630 or 25333276.Figures, if any, need to be in .jpg/.jpeg/.bmp formatwith 300 dpi resolution and illustrations such asdrawings, charts, Excel presentation, etc. shall besubmitted as separate attachments. Incomplete/improper submissions will not be processed, and willbe returned.Following a peer review process, the correspondingauthor will be advised of the status; acceptance/recommendation for revision or rejection of the paper,in a formal letter sent through post and/or e-mail. Agalley proof will be forwarded to the correspondingauthor through e-mail before publication of theaccepted papers which must be returned to the journaloffice within 48 hours with specific comments, if any.Corrections in the galley proof, in case any, must belimited to typographical errors, or missing contentsonly.ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONSWhere human investigations or animal experimentsare part of the study, the design of the work has tobe approved by local ethics committee. A relevantstatement of approval should be added in the ‘Subjectsand Methods’ section of the manuscript.PREPARATION OF THE MANUSCRIPTThe manuscript should be typed as ‘normal text’with no hyphenation and no hard returns withinparagraphs (use automatic wordwrap) on one side ofA4 size (29.7 x 21 cm) paper in single column format,preferably in font size no.12. No artwork and/or specialeffects are acceptable for the text and/or table(s).Italics should not be used other than for foreign/Latin expressions and/or special terminologies suchas names of micro organisms. Maintain a minimumof 2 cm margin on both sides of the text and a 3 cmmargin at the top and bottom of each page. No partof the text other than abbreviations and/or subtitlesshall be written in upper case (ALL capital). Header/foot notes, end notes, lines drawn to separate theparagraphs or pages etc. are not acceptable.THE ORDER OF THE TEXTOriginal Articles: Title page, Abstract (in structuredformat for original articles) of no more than 250words, Key Words (no more than five), followed byIntroduction, Subjects (or Materials) and methods,Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgment/s(if any), References, Legends to figures, Tables, andFigures. Each section should begin on a new page.Review Articles (solicited): Title Page, Abstract ofno more than 250 words, Key Words (no more thanfive), followed by Introduction, Methods/History(if applicable), Literature Review, Conclusion,i