- The title of the abstract should be brief and objectively describe the study. Do not use capital letters in the title except for words that are always capitalised and do not use non-standard abbreviations. Commercial names may not be used in the abstract’s title (generic names only).
- No more than 10 authors can be listed with institutional affiliations, cities and countries only. Mailing addresses and academic degrees should not be mentioned in the author’s list. For cooperative study groups, you may give the name of the group instead of individual institutional affiliations or include the name of the group in the title of the abstract.
- Abstracts should be structured in such a way as to include the following 4 sections:
- Background : an introductory sentence indicating the purpose of the study
- Material and methods : a brief description of pertinent experimental procedures
- Results : a summary of the results of the research
- Conclusions : a statement of the main conclusions
- The on-line abstract submission procedure will not accept abstracts that exceed 2500 characters (body of the abstract, including spaces and table).
- Only one data table is permitted in the body of the abstract. Illustration and figures are not allowed and will be deleted if submitted.
- Abbreviations may be used if standard or if spelled out and defined at the first use (put in parentheses immediately after the first mention of a term or phrase). Compounds should be mentioned with the generic name, in lower cases. Commercial names are admitted in the text, with an ®, and if in brackets following the generic name, i.e. "generic (Commercial ®)".
- The abstract must be submitted in good English. The Scientific Committee reserve the right to reject those abstracts which are presented in poor English, or may request an immediate revision by the presenter.
- Within 48 hours of submission, the presenting author will receive an e-mail to confirm that ECCO has received the abstract. This confirmation of abstract does not mean your abstract has been selected for presentation.
- In case the confirmation from the PICS Secretariat is not received, please contact roddy.odonnell@addenbrookes.nhs.uk, within one week after the submission of the abstract.
- Submitting an abstract for presentation at PICS does not constitute registration for the conference. Abstract presenters must register to attend PICS by following the instructions for registration on the website.
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