本刊對以下部分常用縮寫的英文全稱在正文中將減少或不再出現(xiàn),屆時以中文(英文縮寫)形式出現(xiàn),英文全稱以本刊縮寫名錄為準。
(1)酶聯(lián)免疫吸附試驗(enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay,ELISA)
(2)基質(zhì)金屬蛋白酶(matrix metalloproteinases,MMP)
(3)基質(zhì)金屬蛋白酶組織抑制因子(tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase,TIMP)
(4)磷酸鹽緩沖液(phosphate buffer solution,PBS)
(5)聚合酶鏈反應(polymerase chain reaction,PCR)
(6)反轉(zhuǎn)錄-聚合酶鏈反應(reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction,RT-PCR)
(7)計算機斷層掃描(computed tomograhy,CT)
(8)磁共振成像(magnetic resonance imaging,MRI)
(9)受試者工作特征曲線(receiver operator characteristic curve,ROC 曲線)
(10)類風濕因子(rheumatoid factor,RF)
(11)環(huán)瓜氨酸多肽(cyclic citrullinated peptide,CCP)
(12)葡萄糖-6-磷酸異構(gòu)酶(glucose-6-phosphate isomerase,GPI)
(13)正電子發(fā)射斷層成像(positron emission tomography,PET)
(14)丙氨酸轉(zhuǎn)氨酶(alanine transaminase,ALT)
(15)世界衛(wèi)生組織(World Health Organization,WHO)
(16)彌散性血管內(nèi)凝血(disseminated intravascular coagulation,DIC)
(17)微小RNA(microRNA,miRNA)
(18)癌抗原125(cancer antigen 125,CA125)
(19)纖維蛋白(原)降解產(chǎn)物[fibrin(-ogen)degradation product,F(xiàn)DP]
(20)母系表達基因3(maternally expressed gene 3,MEG3)
(21)95%可信區(qū)間(confidence interval,95%CI)
(22)癌胚抗原(carcinoembryonic antigen,CEA)
(23)體質(zhì)量指數(shù)(body mass index,BMI)