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Lint: kashin-beck-disease

Adjectival Hyphens
error

"The disease has traditionally been endemic to areas of Tibet, China, North Korea, and Siberian Russia, and is usually diagnosed in pre-teenage children."

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Commas
suggestion

"In untreated cases, there will be evidence of destructive, deforming pathology in plain radiographs of the joints of the shoulder, elbow, hand, hip, knee, and ankle. Signs of the disease apparent on plain radiograph of the hands include:"

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