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Adjectival Hyphens

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"post-stroke dementia, which incorporates multiple corticosubcortical infarcts, strategic infarcts, subcortical ischaemic vascular dementia, and neurodegenerative pathology (e.g. Alzheimer disease) that develops within 6 months of stroke"

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"Various terms, not all interchangeable, have been used to describe the relationship between cerebrovascular pathology and cognitive decline. These include vascular dementia, vascular cognitive impairment, subcortical (ischaemic) vascular dementia, and vascular cognitive disorder ⁸."

Line 3:159 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'vascular dementia'

"Various terms, not all interchangeable, have been used to describe the relationship between cerebrovascular pathology and cognitive decline. These include vascular dementia, vascular cognitive impairment, subcortical (ischaemic) vascular dementia, and vascular cognitive disorder ⁸."

Line 3:195 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'vascular cognitive impairment'

"Various terms, not all interchangeable, have been used to describe the relationship between cerebrovascular pathology and cognitive decline. These include vascular dementia, vascular cognitive impairment, subcortical (ischaemic) vascular dementia, and vascular cognitive disorder ⁸."

Line 3:243 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'subcortical (ischaemic) vascular dementia'

"Various terms, not all interchangeable, have been used to describe the relationship between cerebrovascular pathology and cognitive decline. These include vascular dementia, vascular cognitive impairment, subcortical (ischaemic) vascular dementia, and vascular cognitive disorder ⁸."

Line 3:307 · Generally, don't use bold in text: 'vascular cognitive disorder'

Acronyms

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"There are numerous criteria in use for diagnosing vascular dementia, including DSM-IV/V, NINDS-AIREN, and ADDTC. However, these suffer from reliability issues, as when applied to the same population, these criteria can result in diagnostic rates of between 10% to 90% ⁵."

Line 8:93 · 'NINDS-AIREN' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

"There are numerous criteria in use for diagnosing vascular dementia, including DSM-IV/V, NINDS-AIREN, and ADDTC. However, these suffer from reliability issues, as when applied to the same population, these criteria can result in diagnostic rates of between 10% to 90% ⁵."

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"There are numerous criteria in use for diagnosing vascular dementia, including DSM-IV/V, NINDS-AIREN, and ADDTC. However, these suffer from reliability issues, as when applied to the same population, these criteria can result in diagnostic rates of between 10% to 90% ⁵."

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Lint: vascular-dementia