Literature Scan Template

Running Head: Article Short Title (No more than 45 characters)

Main Title Format (Review of “the reviewed article’s complete title” by the authors names in journals’ title volume: pages, year) Example of Main Title: Review of “General surgery residency inadequetly prepares trainees for fellowship: Results of a survey of fellowship program directors” by Mattar SG, Alseidi AA, Jones DB, et al. in Ann Surg 258:440-449, 2013

Name Surname MD,1 Name Surname MA,2

1 Clinic of ***, Hospital Name, City Name, Country Name 2 Department of ***, Faculty Name, University Name, City Name, Country Name

Corresponding author: Name Surname Address: Complete postal address Postal Code: ************ Tel: +90 533 *** **** Fax: +90 533 *** **** Mobile: +912 *** ***** Email: *********@yahoo.com

Received at November 2012 Accepted at November 2013

Remember:  Literature scans cannot have more than 2 authors. 2

Article’s Main Title

Please note that:  Literature scans should not be more than 750 words.  They can be written in one section without any headings or subheadings.  In case of need, one or two section headings can be chosen which are supposed to be unique for each work.  Literarture scans cannot have any acknowledgements.  They do not need a conflict of interest section.  They do not have a reference section, since they only discuss one article.  If the reviewed article has a very interesting table, it can be given in its review with appropriate referencing and based on this journals’ style.  No literature scan can have more than one table.  If the reviewed article has a very interesting figure, it can be given in its review with appropriate referencing.  No literature scan can have more than one figure. 3

Table 1. Age, free IGF-1 and PSA levels in distinguishing patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (Group A) from those without (Group B). Variable Group A (n = 35) Group B (n = 35) P value Age (years) 69.9 ± 1.18 SEM 62.7 ± 2.41 SEM .12

Serum Free IGF-1 33.8 ± 2.6 SEM 31.4 ± 2.6 SEM .21 (nmol/L)

Prostatic fluid 1.43 ± 0.02 SEM 1.38 ± 0.02 SEM .23 free IGF-1(µg/L)

Serum PSA (ng/mL) 3.8 ± 0.23 SEM 1.74 ± 0.14 SEM .71

Key: IGF, insulin-like growth factor; PSA, prostate specific antigen; SEM, standard error of measurement.

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Remember:  Only the description (legend) of the figure is given in this section.  The figure should be provided as separate a file in JPEG or TIFF format.