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period or comma?

Posted By: mt2 on 2008-09-18
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Subject: period or comma?

Please help with this.  I get confused whether it should be a period or comma before "PT".


His WBC 11.0 and then 12.78 and 38.4.  PT, PTT were normal. 


thanks.




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