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Lint: acute-flaccid-myelitis

acute-flaccid-myelitis
Optional Plurals
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"H1: acute onset of limb(s) weakness, period from onset to nadir hours to 10 days"

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Acronyms
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"The AFM working group suggests the following items on history, examination, and investigations to make a diagnosis of acute flaccid myelitis 2:"

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Colons
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"definite: H1, E1, E2, E3, MRI, and CSF criteria present; H2 criteria can be present or absent"

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"probable: H1, E1, E2, E3, and MRI criteria present; H2 criteria can be present or absent; CSF criteria absent or not done"

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"possible: H1, E1, and MRI criteria present; H2, E2, and E3 criteria can be present or absent, CSF criteria can be present, absent, or not done"

Line 21:16 · The first word after a colon should almost always be lowercase. In this case, it's not: ': H1, E1'.

"uncertain: H1, E1, E2, and E3 present; MRI criteria not done; CSF criteria can be present, absent, or not done"

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Oxford Comma
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"MRI: spinal cord lesion with predominantly grey matter involvement, with or without nerve root enhancement"

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Semicolons
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"definite: H1, E1, E2, E3, MRI, and CSF criteria present; H2 criteria can be present or absent"

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"probable: H1, E1, E2, E3, and MRI criteria present; H2 criteria can be present or absent; CSF criteria absent or not done"

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"probable: H1, E1, E2, E3, and MRI criteria present; H2 criteria can be present or absent; CSF criteria absent or not done"

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"possible: H1, E1, and MRI criteria present; H2, E2, and E3 criteria can be present or absent, CSF criteria can be present, absent, or not done"

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"uncertain: H1, E1, E2, and E3 present; MRI criteria not done; CSF criteria can be present, absent, or not done"

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"uncertain: H1, E1, E2, and E3 present; MRI criteria not done; CSF criteria can be present, absent, or not done"

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Commas
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"possible: H1, E1, and MRI criteria present; H2, E2, and E3 criteria can be present or absent, CSF criteria can be present, absent, or not done"

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"Other less common symptoms include weakness elsewhere (neck, trunk, bulbar, facial, respiratory, and extraocular muscles), bowel or bladder dysfunction, and non-specific sensory symptoms without a defined sensory level 2. Cases of concurrent brainstem encephalitis have also been reported, which may result in ataxia, autonomic dysfunction, and reduced conscious state, but this is highly atypical 2."

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