| Acronym | Meaning |
| HLA | Human Leukocyte Antigen |
| LBNL | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| EST | Expressed Sequence Tag |
| RLGS | Restriction Landmark Genomic Scanning |
| SIVB | Society For In Vitro Biology |
| ARP | American Registry Of Pathology |
| ACMG | American College Of Medical Genet. |
| OTA | Office Of Technology Assessment |
| ASIS | American Society For Information Science |
| CHH | Cartilage-hair Hypoplasia |