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**Punctuation experts are somewhat divided on what to do here.<ref>URL: [http://www.businesswritingblog.com/business_writing/2012/01/punctuating-bullet-points-.html phttp://www.businesswritingblog.com/business_writing/2012/01/punctuating-bullet-points-.html]. Accessed on: 10 January 2014.</ref><ref>URL: [http://www.ossweb.com/article-bullets.html http://www.ossweb.com/article-bullets.html]. Accessed on: 10 January 2014.</ref> | **Punctuation experts are somewhat divided on what to do here.<ref>URL: [http://www.businesswritingblog.com/business_writing/2012/01/punctuating-bullet-points-.html phttp://www.businesswritingblog.com/business_writing/2012/01/punctuating-bullet-points-.html]. Accessed on: 10 January 2014.</ref><ref>URL: [http://www.ossweb.com/article-bullets.html http://www.ossweb.com/article-bullets.html]. Accessed on: 10 January 2014.</ref> | ||
**The advantage of using a period or semicolon is: the end the diagnostic line is clearly marked. | **The advantage of using a period or semicolon is: the end the diagnostic line is clearly marked. | ||
*It is best to avoid ''no'' and ''not'', as these may be lost at transcription or overlooked.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Renshaw | first1 = MA. | last2 = Gould | first2 = EW. | last3 = Renshaw | first3 = A. | title = Just say no to the use of no: alternative terminology for improving anatomic pathology reports. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 134 | issue = 9 | pages = 1250-2 | month = Sep | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1043/2010-0031-SA.1 | PMID = 20807042 }}</ref> | |||
**''Negative'' and ''without'' are preferred. | |||
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