CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
	Authors are invited to submit abstracts for consideration and inclusion in the programme as oral or poster presentations. Texts, containing 250 words maximum, must be written in English, using simple and clear sentences. Abstracts should be structured with subheadings: introduction, aims, materials and methods, results and conclusion. Abstracts will be published in Virchows Archiv in the original form as submitted by the authors. The abstract volume will be distributed to all Congress participants upon registration in Ljubljana. We highly recommend the electronic submission of abstracts via this web site. Exceptionally, if you have no possibility of access to the Internet, the abstract may be sent in paper form, together with a diskette, to the Congress Secretariat, Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre. Deadline for submission of abstracts is March 1, 2003 In response to a number of requests, the Organising Committee has succeeded in extending the deadline for submission of abstracts to April 15, 2003. You will find detailed guidelines for submitting your abstract electronically on the Congress web site. An acknowledgement of receipt of your submission will be sent to your e-mail address after the completed submission. If you do not receive confirmation, your submission was incomplete and needs to be re-submitted. Abstracts sent in paper form will be accepted exceptionally. Submit your abstract to the 19th ECP Secretariat, Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre in 3 copies, together with a diskette, using Microsoft Word 97 format or later version of Word for Windows, or RTF-format, font Times New Roman, size 12 pts. The PC compatible diskette should only contain the abstract file. Label the diskette with the title of the abstract and the surname of the corresponding author. Do not fax your abstract. Please note that abstracts sent by fax will not be reviewed. Abstracts sent in paper form must include - title with capitalised first letter only - initials and names of the first author and co-authors - institutions of the first author and co-authors - text of the abstract, containing 250 words maximum, structured with subheadings: introduction, aims, materials and methods, results and conclusion - name, surname, address and e-mail address of the presenting author, to whom the confirmation and further correspondence will be sent - notification of the abstract category from the list below - the preferred presentation type: oral, poster or no preference Categories Breast pathology Infectious disease pathology   Cardiovascular pathology Molecular pathology   Cytopathology Nephropathology   Dermatopathology Neuropathology   Digestive tract pathology Paediatric pathology   Endocrine pathology Pulmonary pathology   Gynaecologic pathology Soft tissue, joint and bone pathology   Haematopathology Transplantation   Head and neck pathology Quantitative pathology   Hepatopathology Ultrastructural pathology   Immunopathology Urogenital pathology     Other Notification of acceptance or rejection of an abstract will be e-mailed to the corresponding author by May 15, 2003 together with instructions for oral or poster presentation. A Committee of the ESP will select the 3 best posters and the best free papers. The best posters will be awarded and the best free papers presented at the plenary session Best Free Paper Presentations and Poster Awards. Abstracts will be accepted for publication only from first authors who have registered and paid the Registration Fee by June 1, 2003 at the latest. The Fee covers only one presentation as first author.