AABB - American Association of Blood B… 
ABLES - Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology… 
ABMTR - Autologus Blood & Marrow Trans… 
aHUS - atypical hemolytic uremic syndr… 
APTT - Activated Partial Thromboplasti… 
ARFY - Atherosclerosis Risk-Factors in… 
ARMY - Atherosclerosis Risk-Factors in… 
BFI - Blood Flow Imaging 
BFI - blood flow index 
BP - Blood Pressure 
BUN - blood urea nitrogen 
BVI - Blood Volume Index 
CBC - Complete Blood Count 
CBF - cerebral blood flow 
CBR - Centre for Blood Research 
CBS - Canadian Blood Services 
CCAIMT - Common Carotid Artery Intima… 
CFU-GEMM - Colony Forming Unit - Granu… 
CFU-MK - Colony Forming Unit - MegaKar… 
CHARMS - Canadian Hemophilia Assessmen… 
cpb - cardiopulmonary bypass 
DIC - Disseminated intravascular coagu… 
DKUHD - Division of Kidney, Urologic a… 
DRAA - Dialysis-Related Amyloid Arthro… 
DVT - Deep Vein Thrombosis 
EBMT - European Group for Blood and Ma… 
EHA - European Hematology Association 
EHC - European Haemophilia Consortium 
ESR - erythrocyte sedimentation rate 
FAST - Fukuoka Atherosclerosis Trial