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AMA Manual of Style (10th edition ed.) : A Guide for Authors and Editors

AMA Manual of Style Committee

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780195176339
Published to AMA Manual of Style:
Apr 2009
DOI:
10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001
© American Medical Association
Contents

TPAL.4(pp225-226)

Chapter:
Nomenclature
Author(s):

Harriet S. Meyer

15.12.2 TPAL.4

The letters in this expression indicate obstetric history as follows:

Letter

Expansion

T

term deliveries

P

premature deliveries

A

abortions

L

living children

Often, 4 numbers separated by hyphens are recorded, eg:

TPAL: 3–1-1-4 or 3-1-1-4

which would indicate 3 term deliveries, 1 premature delivery, 1 abortion, and 4 living children. However, the text of a manuscript should define the numerical expressions and not give the numbers alone.