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AAFA |
Aplastic Anemia Foundation of America |
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AAKP |
American Association of Kidney Patients |
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AAOMP |
American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology |
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AARC |
American Association for Respiratory Care |
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aarda |
American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association's |
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AART |
American Association for Respiratory Therapy |
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aats |
American Association for Thoracic Surgery's |
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ABC |
Association of Black Cardiologists |
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ABEA |
American Broncho-Esophagological Association |
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ABNA |
Anorexia Bulimia Nervosa Association Inc. |
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ABP |
American Board of Pathology |
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ACCP |
American College of Chest Physicians |
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ACE |
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme |
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ADA |
American Diabetes Association |
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aHUS |
Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome |
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APLS |
Antiphospholipid Syndrome |
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APS |
Antiphospholipid Syndrome |
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ARFY |
Atherosclerosis Risk-Factors in Female Youngsters |
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ARMY |
Atherosclerosis Risk-Factors in Male Youngsters |
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BDD |
Body Dysmorphic Disorder |
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BRI |
Building Related Illnesses |
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CA |
cerebellar atrophy |
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CA |
Chromosomal Anomaly |
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CA |
Cytogenetic Aberrations |
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CA |
Cytogenetic Abnormalities |
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CA |
Colorectal Adenoma |
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CA |
Clavulanic Acid |
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CA |
Chromosome Abnormalities |
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CA |
Cerebellar Ataxia |
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CAA |
Chromosomic Abnormalities Associated |
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CACD |
Central Areolar Choroidal Dystrophy |
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CAH |
Chronic Active Hepatitis |
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CAH |
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia |
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CAH |
Congenital Adrenal Hypoplasia |
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CAI |
Complete Androgen Insensitivity |
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CAIS |
Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome |
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CaK |
Cell Adhesion Kinase |
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CALGB |
Cancer and Leukemia Group B |
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CALL |
common acute lymphocytic leukemia |
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CALL |
Common Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
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CALL |
Congenital Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
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CALLA |
Common Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Antiserum |
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CALLA |
Common Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Associated |
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CALLA |
common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen |
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CALLA |
Common Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Antigen |
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cAMP |
Childhood Asthma Management Program |
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CAN |
Chronic Allograft Nephropathy |
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cANLL |
Congenital Acute Nonlymphoblastic Leukemia |
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CAPED |
Central Areolar Pigment Epithelial Dystrophy |
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CAPS |
catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome |
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cAV |
Coronary Artery Vasculopathy |
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CB |
Color Blindness |
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CBAVD |
Congenital Bilateral Absence Vas Deferens |
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CBC |
Compulsive Behaviour Checklist |
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CBCL |
Cutaneous B-Cell Lymphoma |
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CBI |
Chronic Bladder Infections |
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CBN |
Cellular Blue Nevi |
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CBPP |
Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia |
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CBS |
classic Bartter syndrome |
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CC |
cervical carcinoma |
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CC |
Colon Cancer |
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CC |
colorectal cancer |
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CC |
complete chimerism |
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CC |
Carney complex |
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CC |
Cervical Cancer |
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CC |
Cerebral Cavernomas |
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CC |
congenital cataract |
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CC |
Colorectal Carcinoma |
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CCA |
Cortical cerebellar atrophy |
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CCA |
Corporations Callosum Agenesis |
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CCA |
Corpus Callosum Agenesis |
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CCA |
Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly |
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CCAIMT |
Common Carotid Artery Intima Media Thickness |
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CCAM |
Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation |
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CCAP |
Cancer Chromosome Aberration Project |
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CCB |
Congenital Color Blindness |
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CCC |
Cholangiocellular Carcinoma |
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CCD |
Central Core Disease |
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CCD |
Classic Cleidocranial Dysplasia |
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CCE |
Clear Cell Ependymoma |
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CCFDN |
Congenital cataracts facial dysmorphism neuropathy |
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CCH |
C Cell Hyperplasia |
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CCHB |
Complete Congenital Heart Block |
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CCHS |
Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome |
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CCM |
Congenital Cardiovascular Malformation |
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CCM |
Cerebral Cavernous Malformation |
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CCM |
Cerebral Capillary Malformation |
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CCOF |
Chromosome Competent Ovarian Failure |
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CCRC |
Chromophobe Cell Renal Carcinoma |
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CCRC |
Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma |
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CCRCC |
Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma |
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ccs |
clear cell sarcoma |
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CCW |
cataract and curly whiskers |
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CD |
Cone Degeneration |
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CD |
Conduct Disorder |
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CD |
Coeliac Disease |
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CD |
Crohn disease |
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CD |
Celiac Disease |
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CD |
Chromosome Damage |
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CD |
Canavan disease |
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CD |
Cowden Disease |
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CD |
Congenital Defects |
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CD |
cortical dysplasia |
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CD |
Campomelic dysplasia |
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CD |
Chromosomal Damage |
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cda |
congenital dyserythropoietic anemia |
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CDC |
Collecting duct carcinoma |
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CDCS |
Cri Du Chat Syndrome |
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CDD |
Congenital Developmental Defects |
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CDDs |
Congenital Diaphragmatic Defects |
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CDH |
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia |
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CdLS |
Cornelia De Lange Syndrome |
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CDS |
Caudal Dysplasia Sequence |
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CE |
Coelomic Epithelium |
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CEA |
Collie Eye Anomaly |
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CEL |
Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia |
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CEMA |
Chronic enteroviral meningoencephalitis with agammaglobulinemia |
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CEP |
Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria |
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CEPH |
Centre Etude Polymorphism Humain |
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CES |
Cat Eye Syndrome |
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CESD |
Cholesterol Ester Storage Disease |
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CEST |
Childhood Endodermal Sinus Tumors |
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CF |
Cystic Fibrosis |
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CF |
Chondromyxoid Fibroma |
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CFF |
Cystic Fibrosis Factor |
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CFS |
congenital fibrosis syndromes |
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CFS |
Cancer Family Syndrome |
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CFTD |
Congenital Fiber-Type Disproportion |
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CGAP |
Cancer Genome Anatomy Project |
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CGD |
Chronic Granulomatous Disease |
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CGH |
Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis |
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CGI |
Clinical Global Impression |
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CGKD |
Complex Glycerol Kinase Deficiency |
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CGL |
Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia |
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CGL |
Candidate Gene Loci |
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CGL |
Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy |
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cGVHD |
Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease |
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CH |
congenital hypothyroidism |
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CH |
cystic hygroma |
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CH |
Cerebellar Hemangioblastoma |
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CH |
Congenital Hydronephrosis |
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CH |
Cluster Headache |
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CH |
congenital hydrocephalus |
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CH |
Chronic Hepatitis |
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CH&D |
Center for Hearing and Deafness |
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CHA |
Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia |
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CHB |
Chronic Hepatitis B |
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CHB |
congenital heart block |
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CHC |
Chronic Hepatitis C |
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CHD |
Congenital Heart Defect |
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CHD |
Coronary Heart Disease |
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CHD |
Congenital Heart Disease |
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CHDH |
Congenital Heart Disease History |
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CHDs |
Conotruncal Heart Defects |
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CHDs |
Congenital Heart Disorders |
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CHED |
Congenital Heredity Endothelial Dystrophy |
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CHF |
Congestive Heart Failure |
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CHI |
Congenital Hydrocephalus Internus |
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CHL |
Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma |
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CHM |
Congenital Heart Malformation |
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CHN |
Chinese Herb Nephropathy |
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CHR |
Complete Hematologic Remission |
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CHR |
complete hematologic response |
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CI |
Cerebral Infarction |
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CI |
cardiac involvement |
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Ci |
Coccidioides immitis |
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CIA |
Collagen-Induced Arthritis |
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CIBD |
Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
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CID |
Combined Immunodeficiency Disease |
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CID |
Combined Immune Deficiency |
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CIDP |
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy |
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CIIP |
Chronic Idiopathic Intestinal Pseudoobstruction |
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CIN |
Chronic Idiopathic Neutropenia |
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CIN |
Conjunctival Intraepithelial Neoplasia |
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CIN |
Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia |
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CIPA |
Carcinomas In Pleomorphic Adenoma |
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CIPD |
Chronic Inflammatory Proliferative Diseases |
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CIRSE |
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe |
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CIS |
Carcinoma in Situ |
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CISs |
Chromosome Instability Syndromes |
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CK |
Cervical Keratinocytes |
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CL |
Cleft Lip |
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CL |
Congenital Leukaemia |
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CL |
cystic lymphangioma |
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CL |
Cirrhotic Liver |
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CLAH |
Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia |
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CLD |
Chronic Liver Disease |
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CLD |
Chronic Lung Disease |
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CLD |
combined lipase deficiency |
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CLD |
Cholestatic Liver Disease |
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CLD |
Chronic Lymphoproliferative Disorder |
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CLD |
Congenital Lactase Deficiency |
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CLH |
Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperplasia |
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CLI |
Central Lymphatic Irradiation |
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CLL |
Chronic Lymphoid Leukaemia |
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CLP |
Cleft lip palates |
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CM |
Congenital Malformations |
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Cm |
Cardiac Myxoma |
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CM |
complete mole |
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CM |
Capillary malformation |
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Cm |
Coloboma Mutation |
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CM |
Clinically Malignant |
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CM |
cutaneous melanoma |
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CMC |
Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiases |
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CMCA |
Clonal Marrow Cytogenetic Abnormalities |
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CMD |
Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy |
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CMD |
Cartilage Matrix Deficiency |
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CMD |
Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders |
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CMD |
Chronic Myeloid Disorders |
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CME |
Cystoid Macular Edema |
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CMGM |
Chronic Megakaryocytic Granulocytic Myelosis |
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CMGM |
chronic megakaryocytic granulocytic metaplasia |
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CML |
Chronic Myelogenic Leukemia |
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CML |
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia |
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CML |
Chronic Myeloctyic Leukemia |
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CML |
cutaneous malignant lymphomas |
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CNPAS |
Congenital Nasal Piriform Aperture Stenosis |
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CNV |
Choroidal neovascularisation |
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COPD |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
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CPB |
Cardiopulmonary Bypass |
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CRT |
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy |
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DAVF |
dural arteriovenous fistulae |
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DCD |
Developmental Coordination Disorder |
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DDD |
Department of Developmental Disabilities |
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DDD |
Dense Deposit Disease |
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DIC |
disseminated intravascular coagulation |
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DKUHD |
Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases |
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DR |
Diabetic Retinopathy |
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DRAA |
Dialysis-Related Amyloid Arthropathy |
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DTH |
delayed-type hypersensitivity state |
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DVT |
Deep Vein Thrombosis |
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EGL |
External Genital Lesion |
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EHC |
European Haemophilia Consortium |
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ELF |
European Lung Foundation |
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EMG |
Electromyogram |
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EMG |
Electromyography |
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ERS |
European Respiratory Society |
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ESRD |
End Stage Renal Disease (US Federal Program) |
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FAST |
Fukuoka Atherosclerosis Trial |
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FCMTE |
Familial Cortical Myoclonic Tremor with Epilepsy |
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ISTH |
International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis |
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LCA |
Leber's Congenital Amaurosis |
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LEE |
Locus of Enterocyte Effacement |
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LETS |
Leiden Thrombophilia Study |
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LOADD |
Lifestyle Over and Above Drugs in Diabetes |
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LVH |
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy |
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LVRS |
Lung Volume Reduction Surgery |
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MIDD |
Maternally Inherited Diabetes and Deafness |
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MODY |
Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young |
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MRD |
Minimal Residual Disease |
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NETT |
National Emphysema Treatment Trial |
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NHF |
National Hemophilia Foundation |
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NPH |
Neutral Protamine Hagedorn (Insulin) |
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NSLC |
non-small cell lung carcinoma |
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OIF |
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation |
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P-HUS |
Pneumococcal-associated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome |
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PDR |
Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy |
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PFS |
Progression-free Survival |
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PLD |
Partial Lipodistrophy |
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PML |
promyelocytic leukaemia |
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PNH |
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria |
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PNH |
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria |
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PTCA |
Percutaneous Coronary Transluminal Angioplasty |
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RERC |
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center |
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RIA |
Research Institutetute on Addictions |
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RS |
X-linked juvenile retinoschisis |
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RSV |
Respiratory Syncytial Virus |
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SAA |
Severe Aplastic Anemia |
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SARS |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
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SBS |
Sick Building Syndrome |
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SDIA |
Seminars in Dialysis |
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slc |
Small cell Lung Carcinoma |
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sle |
Systemic Lupus Erythematous |
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STD |
Short Term Disability |
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SVAS |
Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis |
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tlso |
Thoracolumbar Sacral Orthosis Brace |
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TTE |
Transthoracic Echocardiography |
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UC |
Ulcerative Colitis |
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VAP |
Ventilation-Associated Pneumonia |
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VTEC |
verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli, also known as enterohaemorrhagic E. coli |
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VVB |
venovenous bypass |
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WBS |
Williams-Beuren Syndrome |
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WFH |
World Federation of Hemophilia |
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WNV |
West Nile Virus |
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