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AMA Manual of Style (10th ed.) : A Guide for Authors and Editors

AMA Manual of Style Committee

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780195176339
Published to AMA Manual of Style:
Apr 2009
DOI:
10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001
© American Medical Association
Contents

Consistency

Chapter:
Medical Indexes
Author(s):

Bruce McGregor,

Harriet S. Meyer

13.1.2 Consistency

A text may not be consistent in style for particular terms, eg, italics or hyphens, but the index should be stylistically consistent.2 If no style predominates for a given term used throughout the text, the indexer should check with the editor or consult the publisher’s stylebook for the form to be followed in the index. It is hoped that authors will use, and publishers will recommend, official style when that is an option (consult 15.0, Nomenclature), eg, italicizing gene symbols (BRCA1).