Instructions to Authors; Journal of Constitutional Medicine
1. The policy of Journal of Constitutional Medicine is to publish papers (original articles, case reports, and review articles) in
the field of constitutional diseases, and the genetic and environmental factors that contribute to the pathogenesis of thediseases. The Journal also carries the records of the annual meetings of The Japanese Society of Constitutional Medicine.
Submitted manuscript must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
2. Those submitting manuscripts should be an active member of The Japanese Society of Constitutional Medicine.
“Manuscript”
3. Decisions of acceptance or rejection for publication of the submitted manuscript are the responsibility of the Editing
Committee of the Japanese Society of Constitutional Medicine.
4. Manuscripts can be written in either Japanese or English. Manuscripts written in Japanese should include title, authors’
name, institution, and an abstract (limited to 250 words) written in English. Manuscripts written in English should
include title, authors’ name, institution, and an abstract (limited to 1,000 letters/characters) written in Japanese. The
authors should provide key words (5 or less) in both English and Japanese at the end of the first page.
5. Authors should pay attention to the following points when preparing their manuscript.
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Articles should be structured in the following format: i) Title, ii) Authors, iii) Institutional affiliations, iv) Text, v)
References, vi) Abstract written in either Japanese or English, vii) Tables, Figures and their legends.

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Commonly recognized abbreviations such as kg, g, mg, µg, l, ml, m, cm, mm, µm, cm2, ℃, U, I.U., can be used without
definition. Use CGS units of measure.

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References should be kept to a minimum. References should be arranged in numerical order according to their firstmention in the text. In the text references should be cited by numbers. References should be formatted as follows:a) Journal articles ・・・・
Authors (all): Title, Journal Name, Volume: Pages, Year(example)
Moerke NJ, Aktas H, Chen H, Cantel S, Reibarkh MY, Fahmy A, Gross JD, Degterev A, Yuan J, Chorev M,Halperin JA, Wagner G: Small-Molecule Inhibition of the Interaction between the Translation Initiation Factors
eIF4E and eIF4G, Cell, 128: 257-267, 2007b) Textbooks ・・・・・
Authors (all): Title, Book Name (Editors), Volume (Year), Pages, Publisher, Location of the Publisher(example)
Weir GC: Pancreas and islet transplantation, Joslin’s Diabetes Mellitus (Kahn CR, Weir GC, King GL, Jacobson
AM, Moses AC, Smith RJ, eds), 14th edition (2005), 460–488, Lippincott Williams & Willkins, Philadelphia④Tables and Figures should be clear and in a publishable form. The number and the direction of the Figures should bemarked on the backside or near to them on the pasteboard. The site of insertion for Tables and Figures should beindicated in the text. Authors should provide legends written in ENGLISH for each Table or Figure that are sufficient
for an understanding of the English Abstract.

6. The submitting author must declare in a cover letter that the manuscript has not been previously published and is notunder consideration for publication elsewhere. The submitting author must send one original printed manuscript and aselectronic files (Floppy disk, CD, or e-mail-attached file).
“Copyright transfer”
7. Authors will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to The Japanese Society of Constitutional Medicine. This will
ensure the widest possible protection and dissemination of information under copyright laws.
“Charges for publication and reprints”
8. Author(s) are charged 7,000 Japanese Yen for each printed page to defray the costs of publication. Abstracts from theannual meeting are free of charge unless more than 800 letters (oral presentation), 6 pages (special lecture), or 4 pages(symposium). Reprints will be billed at cost. Reprints of the article requested by The Japanese Society of ConstitutionalMedicine will be charged if more than 20 copies.
Journal’s address for receipt of manuscripts
New and revised manuscripts should be addressed to1

The Secretariat of The Japanese Society of Constitutional Medicine:
Department of Metabolic Medicine,
Faculty of Life Sciences,
Kumamoto University
1-1-1, Honjo, Chuo, Kumamoto, 860-8556, JAPAN
Telephone: +81-96-373-5169
Fax: +81-96-366-8397
e-mail: taisitu@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Journal Editors
Yuzo Sato, M.D., Ph.D. (Chief editor)
Eiichi Araki, M.D., Ph.D., Hiroshi Ikegami, M.D., Ph.D., Shuji Inoue, M.D., Ph.D., Haruhiko Oosawa, M.D., Ph.D.,
Masayo Oobe, R.D., Toshimitsu Okeda, M.D., Ph.D., Hideki Kishikawa, M.D., Ph.D., Ichiro Komiya, M.D., Ph.D.,
Fumihiro Tajima, M.D., Ph.D., Yasushi Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D., Yukio Tanizawa, M.D., Ph.D., Masahiro Nishi, M.D., Ph.D.,
Hideo Fukushima, M.D., Ph.D., Hirotaka Watada, M.D., Ph.D.

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