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(https: //orcid.org) if desired558Juntendo Medical Journal Editorial Office c/o International Medical Information Center 2F Shinanomachi Rengakan,35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0016, JAPANPhone: +81-3-5361-7089E-mail: jmj@imic.or.jpManuscript PreparationStyleManuscripts should be prepared in Microsoft Word or other appropriate software using double line spacing throughout, page numbers on the lower right, and with margins of at least 2.5 cm.English standardsManuscripts should be written in clear, grammati-cally correct English. Authors whose native language is not English are strongly encouraged to have their manuscript checked by a native English speaker or by an editing service prior to submis-sion; a certificate of English editing that accompa-nies submissions can be useful in many circum-stances. If a manuscript is not clear due to poor English, it may be rejected without undergoing peer review.FormatThe first page of each manuscript should contain: Title, Authorsʼ full names, Affiliations, Key words, Running Title, and the name and full address (including telephone number, facsimile number, and e-mail address) of the corresponding author. Manuscripts should be divided into the following sections and presented in this order: Introduction; Materials and Methods; Results; Discussion; Acknowledgements; Funding; Authorsʼ contribu-tions; Conflicting interest statement; and Refer-ences.Manuscripts should be arranged in the following order: 1. Title page; 2. Abstract and keywords; 3. main text; 4. Acknowledgements, Funding, Author Contributions, Conflict of interest statements; 5. tables together with any accompanying legends; 6. figure legends; 7. other as required. Each of the numbered items should begin on a separate page.Title pageThe first page should include:1. The title of the manuscript in sentence case. No abbreviations other than gene names or in common use2. Full names of all authors and ORCID ID 3. Affiliations of the authors; use numbers not symbols4. If authors make an equal contribution, indi-cated with an asterisk （up to 2 authors, including the first author） and a note indicating this under the author names5. Name, full postal address, including street number and name, and e-mail address of the corresponding author(s)6. Key words (no more than five key words). Refer to Medical Subject Headings in MeSH or Index Medicus7. Running title preceded by the first authorʼs name (maximum 120 characters with spaces, including the authorʼs name).TitleThe title should describe the content of the article briefly but clearly and is important for search purposes by third-party services. Do not use the same main title with numbered minor titles, even for a series of papers by the same authors. Do not use abbreviations in the title, except those used generally in related fields.FootnotesFootnotes, if any, should be typed in a separate sheet (the second page of the manuscript). Abbre-viations should also be listed on this page.AbbreviationsEach abbreviation should be defined in parentheses together with its non-abbreviated term when it first appears in the text (except in the Title and