title: Frequently used structures and sentence patterns in English abstracts of medical papers.
abstract: In this paper, the authors provide a concise summary of the frequently used structures and expressions in the English abstracts of medical papers, and call for the attention to some grammatical problems often found in English abstract writing.
authors.affiliation: Editorial Department of Journal of First Military Medical University, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
authors.forename: Zheng-Ai
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jian-Wu
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D014956:Writing