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Official abbreviations, acronyms and short names of the Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research are listed below. Other abbreviations not in the list should always be defined at first usage in both abstracts and text. Do not use abbreviation(s) in the title.
| ACTH | adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenocorticotropin) | ADP | adenosine diphosphate |
| AFB | acid-fast bacilli | AFP | alpha-fetoprotein |
| ALP | alkaline phosphatase | ALT | alanine aminotransferase |
| AMA | antimitochondrial antibody | AMP | adenosine monophosphate |
| ANA | antinuclear antibody | anti-HAV | antibody to hepatitis A virus |
| anti-HBc | antibody to hepatitis B core antigen | anti-HBe | antibody to hepatitis B e antigen |
| anti-HBs | antibody to hepatitis B s antigen | anti-HCV | antibody to hepatitis C virus |
| anti-LKM | antibody for liver kidney microsomes | aPTT | activated partial thromboplastin time |
| ASO | antistreptolysin O | AST | aspartate aminotransferase |
| ATP | adenosine triphosphate | BMI | body mass index |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen | CA 125 | cancer antigen 125 |
| CA 19-9 | carbohydrate antigen19-9 | cAMP | adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate |
| cDNA | complementary DNA | CEA | carcinoembryonic antigen |
| cGMP | guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate | CK | creatine kinase |
| CRP | C-reactive protein | CT | computed tomography |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid | EDTA | ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay | ERCP | endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography |
| EUS | endoscopic ultrasonography | GGT | gamma glutamyltranspeptidase |
| H&E | hematoxylin and eosin stain | HAV | hepatitis A virus |
| HBcAg | hepatitis B core antigen | HBeAg | hepatitis B e antigen |
| HBIG | hepatitis B immune globulin | HBsAg | hepatitis B surface antigen |
| HBV | hepatitis B virus | HCV | hepatitis C virus |
| HDL | high density lipoprotein | HDV | hepatitis D (delta) virus |
| HEV | hepatitis E virus | HLA | histocompatibility antigen |
| Ig | immunoglobulin | INR | international normalized ratio |
| LDH | lactic dehydrogenase | LDL | low density lipoprotein |
| MHC | major histocompatibility complex | MRCP | magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging | mRNA | messenger RNA |
| OD | optical density | PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| PET | positron emission tomography | PT | prothrombin time |
| RIA | radioimmunoassay | RIBA | recombinant immunoblot assay |
| RNA | ribonucleic acid | RT-PCR | reverse transcriptase PCR |
| UV | ultraviolet | VLDL | very low density lipoprotein |
| vol | volume | wt | weight |
| Units | |||
| bp | base pair(s) | cal | calorie(s) |
| IU | international unit(s) | kb | kilobase |
| L | liter (mL) | M | molar (mM) |
| meq | milliequivalent(s) | min | minute(s) |
| mmHg | millimeter(s) of mercury | mo | month(s) |
| mol | mole(s) | ppm | part(s) per million |
| rpm | revolution(s) per minute | sec | second(s) |
| U | unit(s) | wk | week(s) |
| yr | year(s) | ||
| Statistical Terms | |||
| ANOVA | analysis of variance | CI | confidence interval |
| OR | odds ratio | n | number in study |
| NS | not significant | P | probability |
| r | correlation coefficient | RR | relative risk |
| SD | standard deviation | SEM | standard error of the mean |
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