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Title - Title should be as short and informative as possible. It should not contain non-standard acronyms or abbreviations, and should not exceed two printed lines. 
 
Authors - Initials and last name(s) of author(s) (matched with superscript numbers identifying institutions). 

Example:
A. Paranhos Jr.1,2, M.C. Lima1, S. Salim1, J. Caprioli3 and M.B. Shields1
 
Institutions -  Institution(s) (Department, Faculty, University, city, state, country) of each author 
(in Portuguese if authors are from Brazil). 

Example:
1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
2Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
3Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
 
Financial support -  Acknowledgment of research grants and fellowships (agency and grant number). 
 
Key words -  A list of key words or indexing terms (no more than 6) should be included. 
 Capital letter should be used for the first letter of each key word, separated by a semicolon.
 The Journal recommends the use of medical subject headings of Index Medicus for key words to avoid the use of several synonyms as entry terms in the index for different papers on the same subject. Remember, key words are used by the Scielo Database (see search in home page) to index the article.

Example:
Optic nerve head, Confocal laser tomography, Intraocular pressure, Trabeculectomy, Glaucoma
 
Running title, to be used as a page heading, should not exceed 60 letters and spaces. 
 
References

References must be presented according to the norms of the journal.

The 5 items below must be followed: 

  1. References must be numbered in order of citation in the text.
  2. The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the "List of Journals Indexed" in Index Medicus (www.nlm.nih.gov). List all authors, but if the number exceeds 6 give 6 followed by et al.
  3. Short communication - only 20 references.
  4. Full Paper - only 40 references.
  5. Review - only 60 references.

Tables

Tables must be presented as tables that can be edited in Word and not as images.
 
Author of correspondence (in Portuguese if authors are from Brazil).

Example:
A. Paranhos Jr.
Departamento de Oftalmologia
UNIFESP
Rua Botucatu, 824
04023-062 São Paulo, SP
Brasil



Email must be included

 
Suggested Reviewers

Please send us the names of up to 5 SPECIALISTS that could be considered as reviewers of the paper. 
Please send the full names, e-mail and full postal address
 
Subject Sections (and subsections) (more information)

Biosciences

Clinical Investigation

Please remember to choose one of the above sections and appropriate subsection. 
After choosing, please type the first word of the subsection in the box below.
 
Page Charges

As stated in the instructions we must inform you that, as of October 1, 2003 the Journal charges "Page Charges" for all accepted papers. All authors are expected to pay the "page charges". If the article is accepted for publication after analysis, the Journal will send an invoice to the author for correspondence. 
The charge is R$960/paper for Brazilian authors and US$500/paper for authors outside Brazil.

Although we are not requesting payment now it is necessary that the corresponding author indicate the intention to pay the page charge if not the paper will not be processed.