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Adjectival Hyphens
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"vascular proliferation of post-capillary venules"

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Strong List Colon Position
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"Distribution: Unlike Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease (which loves the posterior triangle), Kimura has a predilection for the parotid region and epitrochlear nodes11."

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"T1: hypointense or isointense compared with salivary tissue"

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"T1 C+ (Gd): usually homogeneous enhancement"

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Citation Preceding Space
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"Distribution: Unlike Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease (which loves the posterior triangle), Kimura has a predilection for the parotid region and epitrochlear nodes11."

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List Punctuation
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"Flow voids may be seen within the masses due to their high vascularity."

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Ranges
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"Kimura disease typically affects males (80%) between 20-40 years of age (80% of cases) 1,2, and is most frequently seen in Asia. Sporadic cases are seen in other geographic regions; however, these are uncommon. An infectious agent is presumed to be the cause of an immunological response; however, no specific pathogen has as yet been identified 4,5."

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Strong
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"Distribution: Unlike Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease (which loves the posterior triangle), Kimura has a predilection for the parotid region and epitrochlear nodes11."

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List Caps
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"Flow voids may be seen within the masses due to their high vascularity."

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Emphasis
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"It was first described in China by Kim and Szeto in 1937 as eosinophilic hyperplastic lymphogranuloma 9. It was then described in 1948 by T Kimura et al. in Japan 5,10, after whom the disease is named, an illustration of Stigler's law."

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Semicolons
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"Kimura disease typically affects males (80%) between 20-40 years of age (80% of cases) 1,2, and is most frequently seen in Asia. Sporadic cases are seen in other geographic regions; however, these are uncommon. An infectious agent is presumed to be the cause of an immunological response; however, no specific pathogen has as yet been identified 4,5."

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"Kimura disease typically affects males (80%) between 20-40 years of age (80% of cases) 1,2, and is most frequently seen in Asia. Sporadic cases are seen in other geographic regions; however, these are uncommon. An infectious agent is presumed to be the cause of an immunological response; however, no specific pathogen has as yet been identified 4,5."

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"Histologically, Kimura disease was initially thought to be related to angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE); however, clinically and radiologically these two entities are clearly different:"

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Biographical Lifespan
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"History and etymology"

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Oxford Comma
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"Histologically, Kimura disease was initially thought to be related to angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia (ALHE); however, clinically and radiologically these two entities are clearly different:"

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