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babygram
Adjectival Hyphens
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"Babygram is done in post-mortem studies of the stillborn fetus or after the termination of pregnancy due to gross congenital anomalies 1."

Line 4:24 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'post-mortem'.

"AP and lateral views are done in post-mortem studies 1."

Line 8:37 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'post-mortem'.
Acronyms
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"AP and lateral views are done in post-mortem studies 1."

Line 8:4 · 'AP' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.
There Is
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"There is no specific body landmark as centring point except for placing the x-ray beam arbitrarily at the centre of the trunk of the baby."

Line 11:4 · Don't start a sentence with 'There is'.
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