Re: Calling all medical writers

[Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

The NIH's MedlinePlus site
(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html) links to a
Merriam-Webster definition that uses "Bx," but I've seen papers in
which bx was used that weren't skewered in peer review.

Most lab forms I've seen use "BX."

Gene Kim-Eng


On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> As you know, bx is shorthand for biopsy. But when using it in a sentence, is
> it Bx or bx? Can you ID a reliable source or usage example?
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