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Adjectival Hyphens
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"post-varicella vasculitis"

Line 43:11 · 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-varicella'.
List Caps
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"Fanconi anaemia"

Line 35:11 · In general, we don't start a list item with a capital letter. Exceptions are proper nouns.
Commas
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"Moyamoya syndrome, also termed moyamoya pattern or phenomenon, angiopathy, or quasi-moyamoya, is due to numerous conditions that can cause arterial occlusion of the circle of Willis, with resultant collaterals, and appearances reminiscent of moyamoya disease."

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