Editors-in-Chief
Stuart J. Knechtle, MD
Professor of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine
5105 Woodruff Memorial Research Building
101 Woodruff Circle
Atlanta, GA 30322
E-mail: stuart.knechtle@emoryhealthcare.org
Tel: 404-712-9910
Fax: 404-727-3660
Jeremy Chapman, MD, FRACP, FRCP
Renal Medicine
Westmead Hospital
Westmead, NSW 2145
Australia
E-mail: Jeremy_Chapman@wsahs.nsw.gov.au
Tel: 61 2 9845 6349
Fax: 61 2 9845 8300
Deputy Editor
Julio Pascual, MD, PhD
Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation
Hospital del Mar-IMIM
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Passeig Maritim 25-29
08003 Barcelona
Spain
E-mail: julpascual@gmail.com
Tel: +34932483162
Managing Editor
Colleen Fitts
E-mail: Transplantation_Reviews@comcast.net
The purpose of Transplantation Reviews is to deliver in a timely fashionup-to-date comprehensive reviews of critical scientific practice in transplantationand to provide discussion papers on controversial issuesparticularly related to ethics in transplantation. Articles on these importantaspects of tissue and organ transplantation will be of interest to allclinicians involved in transplantation, including surgeons, nephrologists,hepatologists, cardiologists, and pulmonologists, and also to awider spectrum of scientists involved in various aspects of transplantation.
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References
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- 1. Van der Geer J, Hanraads JAJ, Lupton RA. The art of writing a scientific article. J Sci Commun 2000;163:51-9.
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- 2. Strunk Jr W, White EB. The elements of style. 3rd ed. New York: Macmillan; 1979.
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- 3. Mettam GR, Adams LB. How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In: Jones BS, Smith RZ, editors. Introduction to the electronic age. New York: E- Publishing Inc; 1999, p. 281-304.
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