Abstract Submission Guidelines

Deadline for abstract submission:
Deadline for abstract submission extended to May 1st, 2006

Notification of acceptance: June 2006

Abstracts will be selected by the Programme Organising Committee for oral and poster presentations.

Publication
Accepted abstracts will be published in the Abstract Book, given to all delegates attending the Congress upon registration in Göteborg.

Submission Instructions
• Abstracts should be submitted electronically no later than 3 April 2006.
• Abstracts cannot be submitted by fax, hard copy or e-mail.
• Acknowledgement of receipt of the submission will be sent to the stated e-mail address. If you do not receive the confirmatory e-mail within 24 hours, please contact us at; hydrocephalus2006@gbg.congrex.se
• Notification on acceptance of the abstracts will be e-mailed in June 2006.
• The presenting author will receive all correspondence concerning the abstract and is responsible for informing the other authors of the status of the abstract.
• Abstracts must be written in English.
• Maximum approximately 300 words / 2 000 characters (including spaces and excluding title and contact information on authors).
• Present, and label, the abstract text in the following order: background (make it brief), objective and hypotheses, methods, results and conclusions. Provide details in the conclusion. Statements such as "the results will be discussed" or “the data will be presented” will not be sufficient.
• It is the author’s responsibility to submit a correct abstract; any errors in spelling, grammar, or scientific fact will be reproduced as typed by the author, if accepted. Poor English may be a cause for rejection.
• Presenters of abstracts must pay the registration fee for attendance at the Scientific Sessions.
• The presenting author has access to an On-line Personal Page. The author can read and print the abstract and make changes until submission deadline. A unique user id and password for access will be included in the e-mail sent upon submission.

Upon submission, indicate one of the following topics within the Main sections; Adult, Child and Not Applicable, that best describes the abstract:
o Classification
o Symptoms and signs
o Neuropsychology
o Foetal and neonatal hydrocephalus
o Pathophysiology
o Experimental hydrocephalus
o CSF dynamics
o Differential diagnosis
o Diagnostic methods
o Treatment
o Complications
o Organisation of hydrocephalus care units
o Outcome
o Cost-benefit analysis
o Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
o Ongoing studies

If you have any questions regarding abstracts please contact: hydrocephalus2006@gbg.congrex.se