Abbreviations
The following is an alphabetical listing of abbrevitions used throughout this textbook
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b beta
g gamma
AAU acute anterior uveitis
Ab antibody
AC acromioclavicular
ACD anemia chronic disease
ACE angiotensin converting enzyme
ACH acetylcholine
ACL anticardiolipin
ACR American College of Rheumatology
AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
AIH autocimmune hepatitis
AIMS arthritis impact measurement scale
AL amyloidosis
ALD aldolase
ALT alanine aminotransferase
AMA antimitochondrial antibody
ANA antinuclear antibodies
ANCA antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody
AOSD adult-onset Still’s disease
APL antiphospholipid
APS anti-phospholipid syndrome
ARF acute rheumatic fever
AS ankylosing spondylitis
ASA acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin)
ASMA anti–smooth muscle antibody
ASO anti-streptolysin-O antibody
AST aspartate aminotransferase
ATLL adult T cell lymphoma
AVN avascular necrosis (osteonecrosis)
AZA azathioprine
AZT zidovudine
BAL bronchoalveolar lavage
BCP basic calcium phosphate crystals
BFP-STS biologic false-positive serologic tests for syphilis
BM bone marrow
BMD bone mineral density
C cervical
C3, C4 complement
CAH chronic active hepatitis
CBC complete blood count
CDC Center for Disease Control
CHF congestive heart failure
CK creatine kinase
CLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia
CMC carpometacarpal
CML chronic myelogenous leukemia
CMV cytomegalovirus
CNS central nervous system
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COX cyclooxygenase
CPK creatine kinase
CPPD calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate
CREST calcinosis, Raynaud’s, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, telangiectasias
CRP C-reactive protein
CSF cerebrospinal fluid
CT computerized tomography
CTS carpal tunnel syndrome
CTX cyclophosphamide
CVID common variable immunodeficiency
CXR chest x-ray
CYA cyclosporine
CYP cytochrome P450
DEXA dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry
DFA direct fluorescent antibody
DIC disseminated intravascular coagulation
DIL drug-induced lupus
DILS diffuse infiltrative lymphocytosis syndrome
DIP distal interphalangeal
DISH diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
DJD degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis)
DLE discoid lupus erythematosus
DM dermatomyositis
DMARD disease-modifying antirheumatic drug
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
DRVVT dilute Russell viper venom time
dsDNA double-stranded DNA
DU duodenal ulcer
EA early antigen (EBV)
EBNA Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen
EBV Epstein-Barr virus
ECHO echocardiogram
ECM erythema chronicum migrans
EDTA ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
EEG electroencephalogram
EIA enzyme immunoassay
ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EM electron microscopy
EMG electromyography
EMS eosinophil-myalgia syndrome
ENA extractable nuclear antigen
ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate
ESRD end-stage renal disease
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FMF familial Mediterranean fever
G6PD glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
GBM glomerular basement membrane
GC gonococcus
GCA giant cell arteritis
GCSF granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
GI gastrointestinal
GU genitourinary
GU gastric ulcer
GYN gynecologic
h hour
HAQ health assessment questionnaire
HAV hepatitis A virus
HBV hepatitis B virus
HCQ hydroxychloroquine
HCT hematocrit
HCV hepatitis C virus
Hgb hemoglobin
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
HLA human leukocyte antigen
HSP Henoch-Schönlein purpura
HTLV human T-lymphotropic virus
IA intraarticular
IBD inflammatory bowel disease
IBM inclusion body myositis
IC immune complex
IDA iron deficiency anemia
IEP immunoelectrophoresis
IFA immune fluorescent assay
IFN interferon
Ig immunoglobulin
IIF indirect immunofluorescence
IIM idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
IL interleukin
ILD interstitial lung disease
IM infectious mononucleosis
ITP idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
IU international unit
IV intravenous
IVDA intravenous drug abuse
JA juvenile arthritis
JRA juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
KCS keratoconjunctivitis sicca
MTX methotrexate
PM/DM polymyositis/dermatomyositis
p.o. by mouth
PUD peptic ulcer disease
PVNS pigmented villonodular synovitis
RA rheumatoid arthritis
RAST radioallergosorbent test
RBC red blood cell
RDW red cell distribution width
RF rheumatoid factor
RHD rheumatic heart disease
RIA radioimmunoassay
RNA ribonucleic acid
ROM range of motion
ROS review of systems
RPGN rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
RPR rapid plasma reagin test
RSD reflex sympathetic dystrophy
S sacral
SAA serum amyloid A
SAARD slow-acting antirheumatic drug
SAPHO synovitis, acne, pustular lesions, hyperostosis, osteitis
SC sternoclavicular
SCAT sheep cell agglutination test
SCID severe combined immunodeficiency
SCLE subacute cutaneous lupus
SF synovial fluid
SF-36 short form 36
SI sacroiliac
SIEP serum immunoelectrophoresis
SLAM systemic lupus activity measure
SLE systemic lupus erythematosus
SLEDAI SLE disease activity index
SPA spondyloarthropathy
SPEP serum protein electrophoresis
SRP signal-recognition particle
SSZ sulfasalazine
STS soft tissue swelling
SubQ subcutaneous
T4 thyroxine
TA temporal arteritis
TB tuberculosis
TIBC total iron-binding capacity
TMJ temporomandibular joint
TNF tumor necrosis factor
TSH thyroid-stimulating hormone
TTP thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
UCTD undifferentiated connective tissue disease
UPEP urine protein electrophoresis
VCA viral capsid antigen
WBC white blood cell
XRAY radiograph
