Rights and Permissions

Written permission from the publisher (and the author when applicable) is required to reproduce any previously published figures and tables. Any such material must be clearly noted and its source given in the manuscript.

To preserve the anonymity of patients and subjects, all potentially identifying information (including patient likenesses and identification numbers, names, and initials) must be removed from images, charts, graphs, tables, and the text before being submitted to the Editorial Office. A signed letter of permission must be included with the supporting documents for any manuscript for any individual who might be identified owing to written descriptions, photographs (masking the eyes in photographs is not sufficient protection of anonymity), or otherwise. Such permission, which requires that the individual be shown the manuscript, should be noted in the text or figure caption as appropriate.

If reference is made in the text to a personal communication (oral or written) as a source of information, a signed statement of permission is required from each source, and the year in which the personal communication was given should be provided in the text. See Acknowledgments for additional required permissions.