Wikipedia:Plain and simple guide for medical editors

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Neutrally summarize other high quality sources
Find a recent review article or other secondary source that covers the topic in question (With PubMed you can limit your search to review articles from the last 5 years)
Paraphrase the content from it, and add it to the appropriate sections in an article
Add a formatted reference (most easily with the editing toolbar's cite button -> citation template -> PMID lookup)
Feel free to replace wrong info or add references to content already present that is not referenced.
Write for a general audience

Wikipedia biomedical editing

This is a one-page guide for editing medical content on Wikipedia. Medical content is extremely important. We need your help to make it better.

Wikipedia:Plain and simple guide for medical editors

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