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Lint: longitudinally-extensive-spinal-cord-lesion

Adjectival Hyphens
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"post-infectious or infectious (e.g. HTLV-1-associated myelopathy, poliomyelitis, poliomyelitis-like syndrome, tuberculous myelopathy)"

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"Longitudinally extensive spinal cord lesions (LESCL) are also commonly referred to as longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM), however, the two are not completely synonymous. The latter only includes inflammatory aetiologies, whilst the former is more inclusive of other pathologies (e.g. spinal cord infarction)."

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Acronyms
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"autoimmune GFAP astrocytopathy"

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"post-infectious or infectious (e.g. HTLV-1-associated myelopathy, poliomyelitis, poliomyelitis-like syndrome, tuberculous myelopathy)"

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Inline EG
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"Longitudinally extensive spinal cord lesions (LESCL) are also commonly referred to as longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM), however, the two are not completely synonymous. The latter only includes inflammatory aetiologies, whilst the former is more inclusive of other pathologies (e.g. spinal cord infarction)."

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"paraneoplastic myelitis (e.g. anti-CRMP-5, anti-amphiphysin, anti-Hu)"

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"post-infectious or infectious (e.g. HTLV-1-associated myelopathy, poliomyelitis, poliomyelitis-like syndrome, tuberculous myelopathy)"

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There Is
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"There are many potential causes, including 1-9:"

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