AUTHOR CONTRIBUTION FORM
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1. To be an author, a person must have made substantive contributions to the study by fulfilling at least 3 of the criteria presented in the following table.
2. It is mandatory for all authors to prepare the outline of the manuscript or to intellectually review or criticize the content of the manuscript.
3. It is of all authors’ responsibility to approve the final version of the article before publication.
4. All authors are also expected to fulfil the first 3 criteria stated below.
5. Those who do not fulfil the specified number of contributions and conditions are to be mentioned in the final
“Acknowledgements” section of the article.
6. The terms set forth herein have been arranged in accordance with the guidelines of the Council of Science Editors (CSE) and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). For more information:
http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3376
TYPE OF CONTRIBUTION DESCRIPTION CONTRIBUTORS
(The first letter of the name. Surname: Exp: M. Yılmaz) CONCEPTION Constructing an idea or hypothesis for research
and/or manuscript
DESIGN Planning methodology to reach the conclusion
SUPERVISION Organising and supervising the course of the project or the article and taking the responsibility
FUNDINGS
Providing personnel, environmental and financial support and tools and instruments that are vital for the project MATERIALS Biological materials, reagents and referred patients
DATA COLLECTION and/or PROCESSING
Taking responsibility in execution of the
experiments, patient follow-up, data management and reporting
ANALYSIS and/or INTERPRETATI ON
Taking responsibility in logical interpretation and presentation of the results
LITERATUREREVIEW Taking responsibility in this necessary function
WRITER Taking responsibility in the construction of the whole or body of the manuscript
CRITICALREVIEW Reviewing the article before submission not only for spelling and grammar but also for its intellectual content.
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STATEMENT ABOUT PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS AND ANIMALS IN RESEARCH
I (we) certify that this study involving human subjects is in accordance with the Helsinky declaration of 1975 as revised in 2000 and that it has been approved by the relevant institutional Ethical Committee.
Additionally informed consent has been obtained from patients.
Author(s) legible signature(s) Date Signed
I (we) certify that this study involving animals followed the institutional and national guide for the care and use of laboratory animals.
Corresponding Author (on behalf of all authors)