title: [Types of abstract and frequent problems in English abstract writing in medical papers].
abstract: In this article the authors formulates basic types of English abstract and discuss frequent problems in the writing of the English abstracts carried in Chinese medical journals.
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: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D008511:Medicine; D011642:Publications; D011643:Publishing; D014956:Writing