Radiopaedia Helpers

List Punctuation

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"results from various aetiologies such as infection, neonatal or gestational vascular occlusion involving the middle cerebral artery, unilateral cerebral arterial circulation anomalies, and coarctation of the mid aortic arch."

Line 24:227 · Do not put full stops at the end of a list item.

"patient becomes symptomatic in the perinatal period or infancy."

Line 25:63 · Do not put full stops at the end of a list item.

List Caps

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"Wallerian degeneration of the mesencephalon and middle fossa hypoplasia"

Line 37:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Rasmussen encephalitis: tends not to have calvarial changes"

Line 57:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

Oxford Comma

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"results from various aetiologies such as infection, neonatal or gestational vascular occlusion involving the middle cerebral artery, unilateral cerebral arterial circulation anomalies, and coarctation of the mid aortic arch."

Line 24:49 · Use the Oxford comma in 'infection, neonatal or gestational'.

Biographical Lifespan

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"History and etymology"

Line 44:1 · A bold element in the History and etymology section should be a person; it would be useful to have their lifespan details: '<h4>History and etymology</h4> <p>It was initially described as changes in the skull seen on skull x-ray in patients with <a>cerebral hemiatrophy</a> but is now applied more broadly to <a>cross-sectional imaging</a>. It was initially described by <strong>C G Dyke</strong>, <strong>L M Davidoff</strong> '

Lint: dyke-davidoff-masson-syndrome