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Adjectival Hyphens

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"Pseudo-TORCH syndrome is a term used to denote cases that clinically resemble congenital infection (see congenital TORCH infections) but where no organisms or serological, microbiological or immunological evidence of infection can be identified ¹. It is believed that pseudo-TORCH syndrome is actually Aicardi-Goutières syndrome ²."

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"Pseudo-TORCH syndrome is a term used to denote cases that clinically resemble congenital infection (see congenital TORCH infections) but where no organisms or serological, microbiological or immunological evidence of infection can be identified ¹. It is believed that pseudo-TORCH syndrome is actually Aicardi-Goutières syndrome ²."

Line 1:307 · 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: 'pseudo-TORCH'.

Acronyms

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"Pseudo-TORCH syndrome is a term used to denote cases that clinically resemble congenital infection (see congenital TORCH infections) but where no organisms or serological, microbiological or immunological evidence of infection can be identified ¹. It is believed that pseudo-TORCH syndrome is actually Aicardi-Goutières syndrome ²."

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"Pseudo-TORCH syndrome is a term used to denote cases that clinically resemble congenital infection (see congenital TORCH infections) but where no organisms or serological, microbiological or immunological evidence of infection can be identified ¹. It is believed that pseudo-TORCH syndrome is actually Aicardi-Goutières syndrome ²."

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"Pseudo-TORCH syndrome is a term used to denote cases that clinically resemble congenital infection (see congenital TORCH infections) but where no organisms or serological, microbiological or immunological evidence of infection can be identified ¹. It is believed that pseudo-TORCH syndrome is actually Aicardi-Goutières syndrome ²."

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Oxford Comma

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"Pseudo-TORCH syndrome is a term used to denote cases that clinically resemble congenital infection (see congenital TORCH infections) but where no organisms or serological, microbiological or immunological evidence of infection can be identified ¹. It is believed that pseudo-TORCH syndrome is actually Aicardi-Goutières syndrome ²."

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Lint: pseudo-torch-syndrome