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Adjectival Hyphens
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"Significant risk of over-calling true subluxation due to developmental changes and ligament laxity in the setting of positional pseudo-subluxation especially in young patients has been documented when using static CT. Some authors question the overall usefulness of CT due to high positional variability and poor reproducibility and reliability 6,7."

Line 32:132 · 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: 'pseudo-subluxation'.
Acronyms
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"other ENT infections/surgery"

Line 19:14 · 'ENT' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.
Emphasis
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"Staphylococcus aureus"

Line 23:8 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>Staphylococcus aureus</em>'

"Group B Streptococcus"

Line 24:16 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>Streptococcus</em>'
List Caps
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"Staphylococcus aureus"

Line 23:12 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.

"Group B Streptococcus"

Line 24:8 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.
Biographical Lifespan
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"History and etymology"

Line 37:1 · 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 first described in 1830 by<strong> Sir Charles Bell</strong> '