EDITOR-in-CHIEFAtsuhiro Kinoshita (Educational Media Development)

EDITORIAL BOARD

Haruhisa Fukayama (Anesthesiology and Clinical Physiology)

Takamitsu Hosoya (Chemical Bioscience)

Masanori Ito (Biology)

Akio Kishida (Applied Functional Molecules )

Koushi Makita (Anesthesiology)

Shiro Mataki (Behavioral Dentistry)

Masato Matsuura (Biofunctional Informatics)

Ichiro Nakagawa (Bacterial Pathogenesis)

Kenichi Ohkubo (Thoracic Surgery)

Toshiaki Ohteki (Biodefence Research)

Masato Taira (Cognitive Neurobiology)

Koichi Uemura (Forensic Medicine)

Noriko Yamamoto (Gerontological Nursing and Health Care System)

Shoji Yamaoka (Molecular Virology)

Editorial Policy

The Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences is published quarterly in March, June, September and December by Tokyo

Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan. The Journal publishes authoritative, peer reviewed

articles relevant to the medical and dental sciences. Manuscripts will appear under one of the following sections: original

articles, reviews, others. Review articles are usually invited, but submitted reviews will be considered. Authors are

requested to follow “Manuscript Submission Guidelines” which is available for download from “http://lib.tmd.ac.jp/jmd/

index.html”

Correspondence

Editor-in-Chief, Administration Office of the University Library, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima

Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8510, Japan Fax 03-5803-0220

Published by Tokyo Medical and Dental University

1. QualificationsforSubmission:Tobeeligibletosubmitmanuscripts,thefirstauthorshouldbe:1)FacultyandstaffofTokyoMedicalandDentalUniversity;2)CurrentstudentofTokyoMedicalandDentalUniversitywhohasbeenrecommendedbyhis/herprofessor;

3)Non-Faculty,non-staffornon-currentstudentofTokyoMedicalandDentalUniversitywhohasreceivedapprovalfromtheBoardpriortomanuscriptsubmission;

4)ApersonwhohasbeeninvitedbytheBoardtosubmitamanuscript.Apersonwhowishes to contribute amanuscript to the JournalofMedicalandDentalSciencesshouldsubmitthemanuscripttotheEditor-in-Chief,AdministrationOfficeoftheUniversityLibrary,TokyoMedicalandDentalUniversity,1-5-45,Yushima,Bunkyo-ku,Tokyo113-8510,Japan.

2. Thefollowingtypesofpaperswillbeconsideredforpublication:originalarticles, reviews,mini reviews, shortcommunications,case reports,technicalinnovationsandstatisticalinvestigations.

3. Authorsshouldconfirminwriting that the researchcontained in themanuscripthasnotbeenpublished,or themanuscript isnotunderconsiderationelsewhere.

4. TheJournalofMedicalandDentalSciences ispublishedquarterly inMarch,June,SeptemberandDecember.

5. Authorsmustsubmit”ApplicationFormforSubmission”,“PersonalHistory”,“CheckList”and“CopyrightTransferAgreement”with themanuscript.TheseformscanbefoundontheTokyoMedicalandDentalUniversitywebsite.

6. Manuscriptswillbereviewedbythreeormoreprofessionals,whoaremembersoftheBoardorhavebeenrequestedbytheBoardtoserveasguestreviewers.ReviewersmaycomefromeitherwithinoroutsidetheUniversity.

7. Acceptabilitywillbedeterminedby theBoardandwillbasicallybereportedinorderofapplication.

8. ManuscriptsshouldbewritteninEnglish.9. ThemanuscriptshouldbesubmittedonA4paperandmustcomprise

onetypewrittenoriginalandfouradditionalcopies(figuresshouldbeoriginals).Afterfinalacceptance,anelectronicmanuscript(floppydisk,MD,CD,orothermedia)shouldbesubmitted.Disksshouldbelabeledwithinformationonthecomputermodel,nameofsoftware,manuscripttitle,andthenameandaffiliationofthefirstauthor.

10. Pagesmustbedouble-spacedandcontainapproximately20lines;onelineshouldcontainapproximately65letters.Eachpageshouldhavewidemarginsonbothsides.Pagesshouldbenumberedconsecutively.

11. Thelengthofthemanuscriptshouldbewithin20pages,includingtables,figures,andimages.

12. Themanuscript should consist of a title page, an abstract, text,acknowledgments,references,andlegendsforfiguresandtables.1)The first page of themanuscriptmust include the followinginformation:

(1)Title(2)Fullnamesofallauthors(3)Affiliations(4)Runninghead(within50letters)(5)Address

2)Thesecondpageofthemanuscriptmustincludethefollowing:(1)Anabstractlimitedto200words(AnabstractinJapaneseshould

besubmittedonaseparatesheet)(2)Fiveorfewerkeywords

3)Thetextofthemanuscriptshouldbedividedasfollows:(1)Introduction(2)MaterialsandMethods(3)Results(4)Discussion(5)Acknowledgments(6)References(7)Legends

13. Scientificnamesofbacteria,animalsandplantsshouldbewritten initalics,andthefirstlettershouldbecapitalized.[ex.]Bacillusenteritidis,Trombiculapallida

14. Thenamesofmedicineshouldbepresentedaschemicalorgenerictermswritteninlowercase.Whenacommercialnameisused,thefirstlettershouldbecapitalized.[ex.]cyclophosphamide,Endoxan

15. Studiesusinghumansubjectsrequireapprovalfromtheethicsreviewcommitteeoftheinstitutionandinformedconsentfromeachparticipant.Authorsmustclearlystatethatthesehavebeenobtained.

16. Whenreportingexperimentsonanimals,authorsmustclearlystatethat

approvalhasbeenobtainedfromtheinstitutionalanimalcareandusecommittee.

17. ConflictsofinterestIfdirectorindirectfinancialsupportwasreceivedfromanycompanyinconductingtheresearchorcreatingdocuments,thesourceandnatureofthesupportmustbedescribedintheAcknowledgmentssection.

18. Eachtimeareferenceiscitedinthetext,thecitationnumbershouldbetypedinthetextasasuperscriptnumber.

19. Referencesshouldbepresentedasfollows:1)Referencesshouldbearrangedinnumericalorderaccordingto thesequenceofpresentation in the text and listeddouble-spacedonseparatesheets.

2)Iftherearemorethanfourauthorsofamanuscript,listthefirstthreenamesfollowedbyetal.

3)Journalabbreviationsshould follow the format reported in IndexMedicus.

4)ReferencestoarticleswritteninJapaneseshouldspecifywhetheranEnglishabstractisavailable.

5)ReferencescitedfromtheInternetareasfollows:(1)Web-only journal (published inelectronic formonly)maybe

citedinthereferences.(2)Inprinciple,Websitesshouldnotbe included in the reference

list.However,ifuseofsuchmaterialsisdeemednecessary,thesesourcesmaybe listed in the textora footnoteapart from thereferencelist,andtheauthorsarerequiredtoprovidealetterthatexplainswhytheymustciteaWebsiteintheirmanuscript.

6)Referencing system isbasedon theVancouver style,with someminormodifications.Pleasereferto“SampleReferences,”whichareavailableintheAdministrationOfficeoftheUniversityLibrary.

20. UnitsshouldbeexpressedinaccordancewithSI(SystemeInternationale).Ex: Length nm,μm,mm,m,km,etc.

Mass pg,ng,μg,mg,g,kg,etc. Molecule weightmol,etc. Volume mm3,m3,μl,ml,l,etc. Concentration mg/l,g/l,etc. Temperature °C,K,etc. Time μs,ms,s,min,h,etc.21. Tablesshouldbepresentedasfollows:

1)Tables should be arranged in numerical order according to thepresentationinthetext(ex.TableⅠ ,TableⅡ ).Eachtableshouldbepresentedonaseparatesheetwith theexplanationandauthors'nameswrittenonthereverseside.

2)Thesiteswheretablesaretobeinsertedinthetextshouldbeindicatedinthemargin.

22. Figuresshouldbepresentedasfollows:1)Figures shouldbe arranged innumericalorder according to thepresentation in the text (ex.Fig1,Fig2).Each figure shouldbepresentedonaseparatesheetwiththeexplanationandauthor'snamewrittenonthereverseside.

2)Photomicrographsshouldbesubmittedwithbarscalesasappropriate.3)Figurelegendsshouldbetypeddouble-spacedonaseparatesheet.4)The siteswhere figures are tobe inserted in the text shouldbeindicatedinthemargin.

5)Theauthorortheinstitutemustpaythecostforcolorprinting.23. Figuresandtablesshouldbesizedinconsiderationofthethreepossible

sizesforprinting,8.5cm,11.5cm,and17.5cm.24. Ifrevisionsarerequired,revisedmanuscriptsshouldbesubmittedwithin

threemonthsfromthedateof thecommitteemeeting.Otherwise therevisedmanuscriptwillbeconsideredasanewlysubmittedmanuscript.Notificationofthedeadlineforresubmissionwillaccompanytherequestforrevisions.

25. Authorswillusuallybeaskedtoproofreadtheirarticlesonlyonce.26. Papersnolongerthansixprintedpageswillbepublishedwithoutpage

charges.Chargesforadditionalpageswillbequotedonrequest fromthe authoror institute.Additionalpage chargeswill not appliedtomanuscriptsrequestedbytheBoard.

27. Offprints shouldbeordered from:TheAdministrationOfficeof theUniversityLibrary,TokyoMedical andDentalUniversity, 1-5-45,Yushima,Bunkyo-ku,Tokyo113-8510,Japan

28. Thecopyright forarticles thatappear in theJournalofMedicalandDentalScienceswill be transferred toTokyoMedical andDentalUniversity.

29. AuthorswillentrustuseofthecopyrighttotheBoard.30. Papersacceptedforpublicationmayalsobepublishedon theTokyo

MedicalandDentalUniversitywebsiteoranothersite.

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