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Adjectival Hyphens

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"Imaging is required to evaluate donor and recipient livers for successful transplantation. Pre and post-surgical liver assessment is described in detail here: Imaging in liver transplantation."

Line 55:103 · 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-surgical'.

Acronyms

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"e.g. alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, Wilson disease, hereditary ATTR amyloidosis"

Line 19:90 · 'ATTR' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

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"Auxiliary liver transplantation is a subtype of liver transplantation where the recipient's native liver is not completely removed, to allow possible native liver recovery ^ref. This is also considered in patients with liver disease who may be responsive to potential gene therapy in the future ^ref."

Line 53:4 · Generally, don't use bold in text: '<strong>Auxiliary liver transplantation</strong>'

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