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Biographical Date Spacing
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"The syndrome was named after Georges Charles Guillain (1876-1961) and Jean Alexandre Barré (1880-1967), French neurologists. André Strohl (1887-1977), a French physiologist, worked with both neurologists and is the third author of the description published in 1916; for this reason, the syndrome is also referred to as Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome."

Line 58:33 · In a biographical citation, the date should be correctly spaced: '<strong>Georges Charles Guillain</strong> (1876-1961) and <strong>Jean Alexandre Barré</strong> (1880-1967), French neurologists. <strong>André Strohl </strong>(1887'
Adjectival Hyphens
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"arachnoiditis from any cause (e.g. postoperative, post-intrathecal injection)"

Line 63:65 · 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-intrathecal'.
Emphasis
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"Most cases are preceded by upper respiratory tract infections or diarrhoea one to three weeks before their onset, most commonly caused by Campylobacter jejuni (25-40% of patients are seropositive) 1,3. Molecular mimicry with the bacterial agents is thought to cause the autoimmunity with the development of anti-GQ1b IgG antibodies."

Line 3:142 · Italics should be used only in exceptional circumstances: '<em>Campylobacter jejuni</em>'
List Caps
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"Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis"

Line 27:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.
Semicolons
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"The syndrome was named after Georges Charles Guillain (1876-1961) and Jean Alexandre Barré (1880-1967), French neurologists. André Strohl (1887-1977), a French physiologist, worked with both neurologists and is the third author of the description published in 1916; for this reason, the syndrome is also referred to as Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome."

Line 58:319 · Use semicolons judiciously.
Inline EG
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"arachnoiditis from any cause (e.g. postoperative, post-intrathecal injection)"

Line 63:44 · Consider replacing a bracketed e.g. with an inline e.g. after a comma.