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Writing It Up: A Step-by-Step Guide to Publication for Beginning Investigators^*

Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Correspondence: For correspondance or reprints contact: Mark A. Kliewer, Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, E3/311 CSC, 600 Highland Ave., Madison, WI 53792-3252.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE. Writing scientific manuscripts can be unnecessarily daunting, if not paralyzing. This paralysis is usually the result of one of two reasons: either researchers do not know how to start, or they do not know what to put where. However, most radiology manuscripts follow a definable blueprint. In this article, I attempt to lay out the paragraph-by-paragraph development of a typical radiology paper. CONCLUSION. If authors can accomplish the writing of the 18 paragraphs of text described in this article, they will produce a manuscript that is properly organized, correct in its essentials, and ready for the finishing hand of a seasoned writer and mentor.

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Beth Harkness
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