本刊对以下部分常用缩写的英文全称在正文中将减少或不再出现,届时以中文(英文缩写)形式出现,英文全称以本刊缩写名录为准。
(1)酶联 免 疫 吸 附 试 验 (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay,ELISA)
(2)基质金属蛋白酶(matrix metalloproteinases,MMP)
(3)基质金属蛋白酶组织抑制因子(tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase,TIMP)
(4)磷酸盐缓冲液(phosphate buffer solution,PBS)
(5)聚合酶链反应(polymerase chain reaction,PCR)
(6)反转录-聚合酶链反应(reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction,RT-PCR)
(7)计算机断层扫描(computed tomograhy,CT)
(8)磁共振成像(magnetic resonance imaging,MRI)
(9)受试者工作特征曲线(receiver operator characteristic curve,ROC 曲线)
(10)类风湿因子(rheumatoid factor,RF)
(11)环瓜氨酸多肽(cyclic citrullinated peptide,CCP)
(12)葡萄糖-6-磷酸异构酶(glucose-6-phosphate isomerase,GPI)
(13)正电子发射断层成像(positron emission tomography,PET)
(14)丙氨酸转氨酶(alanine transaminase,ALT)
(15)世界卫生组织(World Health Organization,WHO)
(16)弥散性血管内凝血(disseminated intravascular coagulation,DIC)
(17)微小 RNA(microRNA,miRNA)
(18)癌抗原 125(cancer antigen 125,CA125)
(19)纤维蛋白(原)降解产物[fibrin(-ogen) degradation product,FDP]
(20)母系表达基因 3(maternallyexpressedgene3, MEG3)
(21)95%可信区间(confidence interval,95%CI)
(22)癌胚抗原(carcinoembryonic antigen, CEA)
(23)体质量指数(body mass index,BMI)