|
1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol
|
1,25 (OH)2D3
|
|
25-hydroxyvitamin D
|
25(OH)D
|
|
a,-macroglobulin
|
a1M
|
|
a2-microglobulin
|
a2m
|
|
a2-plasmin inhibitor
|
a2PI
|
|
anterior cruciate ligament
|
ACL
|
|
anticentromere antibodies
|
ACA
|
|
anticardiolipin antibodies
|
aCL
|
|
American College of Rheumatology
|
ACR
|
|
Arthritis Foundation
|
AF
|
|
aggregated human IgG
|
AHG
|
|
Arthritis Impact Measurement
Scales
|
AIMS
|
|
antimitochondrial antibodies
|
AMA
|
|
antinuclear antibodies
|
ANA
|
|
antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies
|
ANCA
|
|
anti-glomerular basement membrane
|
anti-GBM
|
|
alkaline phosphatase
|
AP
|
|
antiphospholipid antibodies
|
aPL
|
|
antiphospholipid syndrome
|
APS
|
|
American Rheumatism Association
|
ARA
|
|
Arthritis, Rheumatism, and Aging
|
ARA
|
|
Arthritis Clinical Trials
|
ACT
|
|
adult respiratory distress syndrome
|
ARDS
|
|
acute rheumatic fever
|
ARF
|
|
ankylosing spondylitis
|
AS
|
|
acetylsalicylic acid
|
ASA
|
|
anti-smooth muscle antibodies
|
ASMA
|
|
azathioprine
|
AZA
|
|
British Isles Lupus Assessment
Group
|
BILAG
|
|
bone mineral content
|
BMC
|
|
bone mineral density
|
BMD
|
|
body mass index
|
BMI
|
|
bovine serum albumin
|
BSA
|
|
cortical area
|
CA
|
|
cytoplasmic ANCA or classic ANCA
|
cANCA
|
|
complementary DNA
|
cDNA
|
|
collagen-induced arthritis
|
CIA
|
|
circulating immune complex
|
CIC
|
|
counterimmunoelectrophoresis
|
CIE
|
|
carpometacarpal joint
|
CMC joint
|
|
cytornegalovirus
|
CMV
|
|
central nervous system lupus
|
CNS lupus
|
|
calcium pyrophosphate deposition
disease
|
CPDD
|
|
calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate
|
CPPD
|
|
calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon,
esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly,telangiectasias
|
CREST
|
|
chromosomal RNA
|
cRNA
|
|
C-reactive protein
|
CRP
|
|
chondroitin sulfate
|
CS
|
|
cyclosporin A
|
CSA
|
|
Cooperative Systematic Studies
of the Rheumatic Diseases (group)
|
CSSRD
|
|
computed tomography
|
CT
|
|
connective tissue disease
|
CTD
|
|
cathepsin G
|
CTG
|
|
carpal tunnel syndrome
|
CTS
|
|
coxsackievirus B
|
CVB
|
|
D-penicillamine
|
D-Pen
|
|
diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis
|
dcSSc
|
|
denatured DNA
|
dDNA
|
|
dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate
|
DHEAS
|
|
direct immunofluorescence
|
DIF
|
|
distal interphalangeal joint
|
DIP joint
|
|
diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
|
DISH
|
|
discoid lupus erythernatosus
|
DLE
|
|
dermatomyositis
|
DM
|
|
disease-modifying antirheumatic
drug(s)
|
DMARD(s)
|
|
Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium
|
DMEM
|
|
deoxyribonucleic acid
|
DNA
|
|
dual-photon absorptiometry
|
DPA
|
|
double-stranded DNA
|
dsDNA
|
|
dual x-ray absorptiometry
|
DXA
|
|
Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen
|
EBNA
|
|
Epstein-Barr virus
|
EBV
|
|
European Consensus Lupus Activity
Measure
|
ECLAM
|
|
eosinophilic fasciitis
|
EF
|
|
enzyme immunoassay
|
EIA
|
|
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
|
ELISA
|
|
electron microscopy
|
EM
|
|
electromyography
|
EMG
|
|
extractable nuclear antigen
|
ENA
|
|
ear, nose, throat
|
ENT
|
|
erythrocyte sedimentation rate
|
ESR
|
|
European Spondylarthropathy Study
Group
|
ESSG
|
|
endothelin I
|
ET-1
|
|
fluorescence -activated cell
sorter
|
FACS
|
|
fluorescent antinuclear antibodies
|
FANA
|
|
fluorescence in situ hybridization
|
FISH
|
|
fibromyalgia
|
FM
|
|
familial Mediterranean fever
|
FMF
|
|
fast protein (or fast performance)
liquid chromatography
|
FPLC
|
|
Felty's syndrome
|
FS
|
|
fluorescent treponernal antibody
absorption
|
FTA-ABS
|
|
glycosaminoglycan
|
GAG
|
|
giant cell arteritis
|
GCA
|
|
granulocyte colony- stimulating
factor
|
G-CSF
|
|
granulocyte-macrophage colony
stimulating factor
|
GM-CSF
|
|
glomerulonephritis
|
GN
|
|
IgG phosphotipid. units
|
GPL
|
|
hyaluronic acid
|
HA
|
|
Health Assessment Questionnaire
|
HAQ
|
|
heat-aggregated IgG
|
HAGG
|
|
hepatitis A virus
|
HAV
|
|
hepatitis B surface antigen
|
HBsAg
|
|
hepatitis B virus
|
HBV
|
|
hydroxychloroquine
|
HCQ
|
|
hepatitis C virus
|
HCV
|
|
hepatitis delta virus
|
HDV
|
|
hepatoma cell line
|
Hep
|
|
human epithelial cell line 2
|
HEp-2
|
|
hepatitis E virus
|
HEV
|
|
human herpesvIrus 6
|
HHV-6
|
|
histidyl-transfer RNA
|
his-tRNA
|
|
human immunodeficiency virus
|
HIV
|
|
heterogeneous nuclear RNA
|
hnRNA
|
|
heterogeneous nuclear RNP
|
hnRNP
|
|
hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
|
HOA
|
|
high performance (or high pressure)
liquid chromatography
|
HPLC
|
|
human papilloma virus
|
HPV
|
|
human parvovirus B19
|
HPV B19
|
|
hormone replacement therapy
|
HRT
|
|
Henoch-Schonlein purpura
|
HSP
|
|
hypersensitivity vasculitis
|
HSV
|
|
herpes simplex virus type 1
|
HSV-1
|
|
human T cell lymphotropic virus
|
HTLV
|
|
hemagglutinating virus of Japan
|
HVJ
|
|
intraarticular
|
IA
|
|
inflammatory bowel disease
|
IBD
|
|
inclusion body myositis
|
IBM
|
|
immune complex
|
IC
|
|
ionized calcium
|
iCa
|
|
immunodiffusion
|
ID
|
|
isoelectric focusing
|
IEF
|
|
immunofluorescence
|
IF
|
|
interferon
|
IFN
|
|
indirect immunofluorescence
|
IIF
|
|
interleukin
|
IL
|
|
International League of Associations
for Rheumatology
|
ILAR
|
|
interphalangeal joint
|
IP joint
|
|
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
|
ITP
|
|
juvenile chronic arthritis
|
JCA
|
|
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
|
JRA
|
|
keratoconjunctivitis sicca
|
KCS
|
|
kaolin clotting time
|
KCT
|
|
kaolin cephalin thromboplastin
time
|
KCTT
|
|
kinetoplast DNA
|
kDNA
|
|
La antigen
|
La
|
|
La/SSB antigen
|
La/SSB
|
|
lupus anticoagulant
|
LAC
|
|
Lupus Activity Criteria Count
|
LACC
|
|
limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis
|
IcSSc
|
|
lupus erythematosus cells
|
LE cells
|
|
light microscopy
|
LM
|
|
monoclonal antibody
|
mAb
|
|
metacarpophalangeal joint
|
MCP joint
|
|
macrophage colony-stimulating
factor
|
M-CSF
|
|
mixed connective tissue disease
|
MCTD
|
|
major histocompatibility complex
|
MHC
|
|
micro-enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay
|
micro-ELISA
|
|
matrix metalloproteinase (or
matrix metalloprotease)
|
MMP
|
|
Medical Information System
|
MIS
|
|
IgM phospholipid units
|
MPL
|
|
myeloperoxidase
|
MPO
|
|
monoclonal rheumatoid factor
|
mRF
|
|
magnetic resonance imaging
|
MRI
|
|
messenger RNA
|
mRNA
|
|
mass spectrometry
|
MS
|
|
monosodium urate monohydrate
|
MSU
|
|
metatarsophalangeal joint
|
MTP joint
|
|
methotrexate
|
MTX
|
|
native DNA
|
nDNA
|
|
normal human serum
|
NHS
|
|
National Institute of Arthritis
|
NIAMS
|
|
and Musculoskeletal and Skin
Diseases
|
|
|
nuclear magnetic resonance
|
NMR
|
|
nonsteroidal antiinflammatory
drug(s)
|
NSAID(s)
|
|
osteoarthritis
|
OA
|
|
osteocalcin
|
OC
|
|
Outcome Measures in Rheumatoid
|
OMERACT
|
|
polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
|
PAGE
|
|
polyarteritis nodosa
|
PAN
|
|
perinuclear ANCA
|
pANCA
|
|
proliferating cell nuclear antigen
|
PCNA
|
|
polymerase chain reaction
|
PCR
|
|
Paget's disease
|
PD
|
|
platelet- derived growth factor
|
PDGF
|
|
positron emission tomography
|
PET
|
|
prostaglandin
|
PG
|
|
proximal interphalangeal joint
|
PIP joint
|
|
polymyositis
|
PM
|
|
polymyositis/dermatomyositis
|
PM/DM
|
|
polymyalgia rheumatica
|
PMR
|
|
proteinase 3
|
PR3
|
|
psoriatic arthritis
|
PsA
|
|
parathyroid hormone
|
PTH
|
|
partial thromboplastin time
|
PTT
|
|
psoralen ultraviolet A
|
PUVA
|
|
quantitative computed tomography
|
QCT
|
|
rheumatoid arthritis
|
RA
|
|
rheumatoid arthritis hemagglutination
assay
|
RAHA
|
|
rheumatoid arthritis nuclear
antigen
|
RANA
|
|
rheumatic disease unit
|
RDU
|
|
reactive arthritis
|
ReA
|
|
rheumatoid factor
|
RF
|
|
radioimmunoassay
|
RIA
|
|
radial immunodiffusion
|
RID
|
|
ribonucleic acid
|
RNA
|
|
ribonucleoprotein
|
RNP
|
|
Ro antigen
|
Ro
|
|
Ro/SSA antigen
|
Ro/SSA
|
|
Raynaud's phenomenon
|
RP
|
|
ribosomal RNA
|
rRNA
|
|
Reiter's syndrome
|
RS
|
|
remitting seronegative symmetrical
|
RS3PE
|
|
synovitis with pitting edema
|
|
|
reflex sympathetic dystrophy
(syndrome)
|
RSD
|
|
respiratory syncytial virus
|
RSV
|
|
reverse transcript ase-polymerase
chain reaction
|
RT-PCR
|
|
slow-acting antirheurnatic drug(s)
|
SAARD(s)
|
|
sheep cell agglutination test
|
SCAT
|
|
Sclero-70
|
Scl-70
|
|
subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus
|
SCLE
|
|
small cytoplasmic RNP
|
scRNP
|
|
salmon calcitonin
|
SCT
|
|
sodium dodecyl sulfate
|
SDS
|
|
seronegative enthesopathy and
arthropathy (syndrome)
|
SEA
|
|
synovial fluid
|
SF
|
|
Spondylitis Functional Index
|
SFI
|
|
sex hormone binding globulin
|
SHBG
|
|
sacroiliac joint
|
SI joint
|
|
Systemic Lupus Activity Measure
|
SLAM
|
|
Systemic Lupus Criteria Count
|
SLCC
|
|
systemic lupus erythematosus
|
SLE
|
|
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Disease Activity Index
|
SLEDAI
|
|
Systemic Lupus International
Collaborating Clinics
|
SLICC
|
|
synovial membrane
|
SM
|
|
small nuclear RNP
|
snRNP
|
|
spondylarthropathy
|
SpA
|
|
single-photon-emission computed
tomography
|
SPECT
|
|
soluble RNA
|
sRNA
|
|
Sjogren's syndrome
|
SS
|
|
SSA antigen
|
SSA
|
|
SSB antigen
|
SSB
|
|
systemic sclerosis
|
SSc
|
|
single-stranded DNA
|
ssDNA
|
|
sulfasalazine
|
SS
|
|
simian vacuolating virus 40
|
SV40
|
|
temporal arteritis
|
TA
|
|
total body bone mineral density
|
TBBMD
|
|
transforming growth factor B
|
TGFB
|
|
thin-layer chromatography
|
TLC
|
|
total lymphoid irradiation
|
TLI
|
|
temporomandibular joint
|
TMJ
|
|
tumor necrosis factor
|
TNF
|
|
topoisomerase I
|
topo I
|
|
tissue plasminogen activator
|
tPA
|
|
transfer RNA
|
tRNA
|
|
type 11 collagen-induced arthritis
|
type II CIA
|
|
undifferentiated connective tissue
disease
|
UCTD
|
|
urokinase plasminogen activator
|
uPA
|
|
undifferentiated spondylarthropathy
|
uSpA
|
|
ultrasound transmission velocity
|
UTV
|
|
Venereal Disease Research
|
VDRL Laboratory (test)
|
|
Wegener's granulomatosis
|
WG
|
|
Western Ontario and McMaster
Universities Osteoarthritis Index
|
WOMAC
|
|
left-handed DNA
|
Z-DNA
|
