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Lint: fetal-head-sparing-theory

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"The fetal head sparing theory is one that underpins asymmetrical intra-uterine growth restriction, where the difference between normal head circumference and decreased abdominal circumference is attributed to the fetus's ability to preferentially supply the cerebral, coronary, adrenal and splenic circulations."

Line 1:89 · A prefix takes a hyphen only to avoid a duplicate letter: 'intra-uterine'.
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"The fetal head sparing theory is one that underpins asymmetrical intra-uterine growth restriction, where the difference between normal head circumference and decreased abdominal circumference is attributed to the fetus's ability to preferentially supply the cerebral, coronary, adrenal and splenic circulations."

Line 1:310 · Use the Oxford comma in 'coronary, adrenal and splenic'.