Box 71Titles containing a Greek letter, chemical formula, or another special character

• Capitalize the first word of the title of a part of a database unless the title begins with a Greek letter, chemical formula, or another special character that might lose its meaning if capitalized

  • eSkeletons Project;
  • von Willebrand disease;
• Retain special characters in titles when possible

  • ISRCTN13256080, A phase II study to investigate the effect of Glivec® (imatinib mesylate, formerly known as STI571) in patients with inoperable medullary thyroid carcinoma;
• If a title contains a Greek letter or some other symbol that cannot be reproduced with the type fonts available, substitute the name for the symbol. For example, Ω becomes omega.

  • β-amino acids
  • may become
  • beta-amino acids
• If a title contains superscripts or subscripts that cannot be reproduced with the type fonts available, place the superscript or subscript in parentheses

  • TiO₂ nanoparticles
  • may become
  • TiO(2) nanoparticles