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The Merriam–Webster dictionary defines an abstract as ‘a brief written statement of the main points or facts in a longer report …’ [1]. In a research paper, the abstract is a concise, selective summary of the entire contents of a study.
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Gogtay, N., Bhatia, S.J. (2018). Writing an Abstract. In: Sahni, P., Aggarwal, R. (eds) Reporting and Publishing Research in the Biomedical Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7062-4_7
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