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Stage vs stage/ Roman vs Arabic - KB


Posted: Oct 01, 2013

Is stage capitalized or not as a general rule?  What about as it pertains to renal?  And do we now use arabic or roman numerals?  - perplexed!  Thanks for your help!!

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