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2.3.3.9 References
References should be numbered in order of appearance at the end of manuscripts. In the text, reference numbers should be
placed in square brackets and the corresponding references are cited thereafter. If the number of authors is less than or equal
to six, we require to list all authors’ names. If the number of authors is more than six, only the first three authors’ names are
required to be listed in the references, other authors’ names should be omitted and replaced with “et al.”. Abbreviations of
the journals should be provided on the basis of Index Medicus. Information from manuscripts accepted but not published
should be cited in the text as “Unpublished material” with written permission from the source. The names of journals
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References should be described as follows, depending on the types of works:

Types Examples
Journal articles by Weaver DL, Ashikaga T, Krag DN, et al. Effect of occult metastases on survival in node-negative
individual authors breast cancer. N Engl J Med. 2011;364:412-21. [PMID: 21247310 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1008108]
Organization as author Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Hypertension, insulin, and proinsulin in participants
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Both personal authors and Vallancien G, Emberton M, Harving N, van Moorselaar RJ; Alf-One Study Group. Sexual dysfunction
organization as author in 1,274 European men suffering from lower urinary tract symptoms. J Urol. 2003;169:2257-61.
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English encephalitis in child. J Appl Clin Pediatr. 2012;27:1903-7. (in Chinese)
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Book chapters Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein
B, Kinzler KW, Editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002. pp. 93-
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