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Abstract Submission Instructions (PDF)
Submission Deadline: 11:59 pm EST, 22 February 2012

Prenatal diagnosis and therapy professionals in all disciplines are encouraged to submit abstracts for presentation at the 16th International Conference on Prenatal Diagnosis. Abstracts will be reviewed and selected for oral or poster presentation based on importance and timeliness of topic, scientific rigor, appropriate analytic approach, meaningful findings, applicability to the conference topic and clarity of writing. Notice of acceptance will be made to the corresponding author by 30 March 2012.

In formulating your abstract, please refer to the Abstract Guidelines below, and also refer to the list of confirmed speakers and preconference courses.

Abstracts accepted for presentation will be published in a supplement to the journal Prenatal Diagnosis (Wiley). In addition, the best presentations from the meeting will be published in a special meeting issue of the Prenatal Diagnosis. Authors should be prepared to submit a manuscript immediately following the meeting for consideration of inclusion in the meeting issue. All submitted abstracts will undergo peer review. In addition, ISPD offers an award for the best abstract presented by an author less than 40 years of age at the time of the conference (3 – 6 June 2012).

Abstract Guidelines

Presentation types

Abstracts will be accepted for poster or podium (oral) presentation.

Word Limit

Limit your abstract to a maximum of 350 words for the body of the abstract (does not include headers or author information).

Format

Please include text only in your abstract submission. The system cannot accept images, figures or tables of any kind. If you attempt to paste these items, part of your abstract may be lost. Please convert tables to text separated by tabs. Microsoft Word offers a feature on the table Layout tab for doing this quickly.

Headings

Abstract headings are as follows:

Objectives
Authors will be required to submit at least one learning objective for their presentation. Guidance on writing learning objectives.

Method

Results

Conclusions

Subject Category

Upon submission of your abstract, you will be asked to select a subject category describing your abstract. The purpose of this selection is to aid in the review and session placement process.