Standard abbreviations are defined when first used and are consistent throughout the text. Generic names are used for all drugs. Trade names are avoided. Normal laboratory values are provided in parentheses when first used. Submission letter and disclosure form, signed by all authors, are included.
References are accurate, complete and in numerical order as they appear in the text.
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