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Lint: niacin-deficiency

Acronyms
warning

"carcinoid syndrome (excess turnover of tryptophan, precursor of niacin, to serotonin (5-HT))"

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Oxford Comma
suggestion

"diarrhoea: intractable diarrhoea, stomatitis and glossitis"

Line 8:31 · Use the Oxford comma in 'diarrhoea, stomatitis and glossitis'.

"dementia: pellagrous encephalopathy may present as apathy, memory loss, disorientation, depression or delirium"

Line 9:80 · Use the Oxford comma in 'disorientation, depression or delirium'.
Inline EG
suggestion

"malabsorption (e.g. Crohn disease)"

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"drugs (e.g. isoniazid, ethionamide, 6-mercaptopurine, 5-fluorouracil, pyrazinamide, phenytoin, azathioprine, phenobarbitone)"

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Commas
suggestion

"drugs (e.g. isoniazid, ethionamide, 6-mercaptopurine, 5-fluorouracil, pyrazinamide, phenytoin, azathioprine, phenobarbitone)"

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