Clinical Nephrology appears monthly and publishes manuscripts containing original material with emphasis on the following topics: diagnosis, therapy, prophylaxis, immunology and pathophysiology of renal disease, dialysis and renal transplantation.

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1. Manuscript and charges: Authors from North and South America, Canada: Submit manuscripts online at http://www.dustri- manus.com/16.0.html (preferred method of submission, (*.doc or *.rtf)) or by e-mail as an attached file (*.doc or *.rtf) to submission_cn @clinnephrol.com. All other authors: Submit manuscripts online at http://cn2.dustri-manus.com/16.0.html (preferred method of submission (*.doc or *.rtf)) or by e-mail as an attached file (*.doc or *.rtf) to submission_cn@clinnephrol.com.
Include a covering letter containing the declaration given below. If online or e-mail submission is not possible, a print version (3 copies) of the manuscript may be submitted together with a disk or a CD-ROM (*.doc or *.rtf).

2. Charges: A manuscript processing fee of US$ 70.00 / € 70.00 will be charged for each manuscript submission. A page fee of US$ 70.00 / € 70.00 for each page will only be charged in excess of 6 printed pages (one printed page includes approximately 4,000 characters plus spaces, plus figures). Payments should be made by check paid to Dustri-Verlag Dr. Karl Feistle or by Visa- or Mastercard by stating credit card number, credit card holder and expiry date in the covering letter.

3. Declaration: The covering letter must contain the statement: “The results presented in this paper have not been published previously in whole or part, except in abstract form”. All authors are required to give signed consent for publication on a separate sheet together with the covering letter. (If submitting online or by email, the signature sheet may be faxed to (321)414-0219 (America) or (+49-89)6135412 (Rest of World) or uploaded as a scanned document.). Possible conflicts of interest following publication must be disclosed.

4. Copyright: On acceptance of a manuscript/paper for publication, the copyright is automatically transferred to the publisher. Published manuscripts or parts of them may not be translated into other languages, reproduced in any form or recorded on files or in computer systems without written permission of the publisher.

5. Manuscripts should be submitted to:

Editor for Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia:
Prof. Dr. med. K. M. Koch
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Zentrum für Innere Medizin
Building K25, I. Stock
Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1
D-30625 Hannover, Germany
Phone: +49-(0)511 – 551-0984
Fax: +49 (0)511 – 551-0986
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Editor for North and South-America, Canada:
Prof. Dr. H.H. Malluche
Division of Nephrology, UKMC
800 Rose St, Room 564
Lexington, Kentucky, 40536-0084
USA
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1. Only original papers written in clear, concise English and not exceeding 15 (Letters to the editor 3) typewritten pages (30 lines per page) including tables, illustrations and references.

2. The authors should include with the submission of the manuscript a list of 5 suggested reviewers with postal and email addresses.

3. Manuscripts should be submitted in three copies (1 original together with 2 photocopies). The following sequence of arrangement is recommended: abstract, key words, introduction, methods, material or case histories, results and discussion, each section being clearly marked. The manuscripts should be typed double-spaced on one side of the paper only on consecutively numbered pages. Illustrations, legends, tables, references, abstract (20 – 30 lines) and running title (max. 80 characters) are to be submitted on separate pages. The abstract should precisely outline aims, material, method, results and conclusions and be structured accordingly. It should be comprehensible to readers before they read the paper. For the purpose of documentation, indicate 3 to 5 relevant key words that may or may not appear in the title. They should be given below the abstract and each separated by a dash (–).

4. The title should be as concise as possible and begin with the main concept in order to facilitate electronic search. The title page should present the institutions and the full postal addresses of all authors. Each author should be correctly linked to the appropriate institution by means of numerical superscripts. The author to whom correspondence should be addressed should also be stated on the title page together with fax, telephone number and e-mail address.

5. Case reports: The case must demonstrate one or more of the following characteristics: 1) Unquestionable causal relationship, 2) In depth and thorough insights into the pathophysiology of a particular disease or phenomenon, 3) A novel and unambivalent finding of important clinical value, 4) A breakthrough finding that will pave the way for further studies. All case reports must include a comprehensive, yet pertinent review of the literature.

6. Acknowledgements: All support, financial or otherwise, for any work described should be acknowledged, with the exception of support from employing institutions identifiable from the title page.

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Authors will be sent page proofs. To avoid delays in publication, proofs should be checked immediately for typographical errors and returned to the publisher as requested. Costs ensuing for corrections made by the author, far in excess of mistakes made by the printer, must be carried by the author. However, under certain circumstances, essential changes of an extensive nature may still be possible; this in form of a “note added in proof”.

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For style and presentation authors should consult a recent copy of the journal. The title should be as concise as possible and begin with a main concept in order to facilitate electronic search. All standard units for medicine cited in text and illustration must correspond to the international units (SI units). Webster’s Third New International Dictionary is the standard for spelling and compounding. See also Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals, JAMA May 5, 1993 – Vol. 269, No. 17

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Submit figures, if not in a computer file, as mounted photographs on glossy paper. Photographs should be provided together with magnification scales when appropriate and should be large enough to be legible when reproduced. Photographs and diagrams should have a label on the back designating figure numbers, name of author(s) and top of the figure. All photographs and diagrams should be referred to as figures and should be numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals. The legends for illustrations should be typed on a separate sheet. Color photographs can be printed at author’s expense; price estimate upon request. Only photographic prints and original line drawings are acceptable. Tables should be numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals and each typed on a separate sheet.

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1. Papers published in journals:
Malluche HH, Freemont T. Utilization of bone histomorphometry in renal osteodystrophy: demonstration of a new approach using data from a prospective study of lanthanum carbonate. Clin Nephrol. 2005; 63: 138-145.

2. Books:
Sennekamp H-J. Extrinsic allergic alveolitis – hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Deisenhofen – Orlando: Dustri; 2004.

3. Contributions in books:
Monier-Faugere M-C, Sawaya BP, Malluche HH. Renal osteodystrophy. In: Malluche HH, Sawaya BP, Hakim RM, Sayegh MH (eds). Clinical nephrology dialysis and transplantation. Deisenhofen – Orlando: Dustri; 2004. p. II-8: 1-38.

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Corresponding authors are entitled to 5 copies of the journal free of charge. Larger quantities of reprints can be provided for a fee listed on the reprint order form to be returned with proofs.

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