Closing date Friday 4th June 2004

Submissions which ignore these instructions will be rejected.
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1. Please do not try to send abstracts by post or e-mail. Only online submissions will be accepted.

2. Check the form before pressing the Submit Form button. Press the button only ONCE.
   If you make a mess of the form, either alter it carefully, or click the Reset Form button and start again.

3. Check the format of your entries carefully. The BSHG office receives hundreds of submissions, and cannot re-format them for you.
   Poorly formatted submissions will be rejected.
   In particular:
       a. Do not use ALL CAPITALS,  LIKE THIS. Do not use bold, underlining or italics.
       b. Do not use any characters which cannot be found on a standard English computer keyboard - e.g. use ''20 degrees' rather than 20°.
       c. Do not use accented letters such as ã or ú. Use unaccented letters instead.
       d. Use UK English spellings, rather than US English (In Microsoft Word: Tools > Language > Set Language> UK English).
       e. Do not try to include diagrams, pictures or tables in your abstract, as they will be lost.
       f.  Abstract length is strictly limited to 1500 characters including spaces (about 250 words).

4. Presenting Author is the person who would present the paper to conference if it were to be selected for spoken presentation. At least one author on a submission must be a member of British Society for Human Genetics (or one of it's constituent bodies).

5. After clicking the Submit Form button, a Confirmation Page should appear within a few seconds, indicating that your abstract has been sent. Only click the Submit Form a second time if this doesn't happen after 20 to 30 seconds.

6. A few days after your submission (usually within a working week), an e-mail will be sent to you to confirm that the submission has been retrieved from the website. If you have not received an e-mail within a week, please contact the webmaster to check your submission has been received.
   After the closing date, the BSHG Abstract Review Committee will meet to discuss all submissions. Authors will be informed of the committee's decision by e-mail a few weeks after the closing date.

7. If you are uncertain about any aspects of submitting your abstract, please ask before attempting to fill in the form, by e-mailing Ruth Cole (administrative questions) or Phil Zack (technical questions).

Once you have read and understood the instructions, click here to complete the Abstract Submission Form.