[Greg H]

Honey,

Excellent idea. Here's a start. Maybe if other folks add to the list, Neil will eventually collect it all together in a big long list and put it someplace appropriate.

MDS - Myelodysplastic Syndrome
AA - Aplastic Anemia
MAA - Moderate Aplastic Anemia
SAA - Severe Aplastic Anemia
VSAA - Very Severe Aplastic Anemia
PNH - I can neither spell nor pronounce what this is.
BMB - Bone Marrow Biopsy
BMT - Bone Marrow Transplant
STC - Stem Cell Transplant
MUD - Matched Unrelated Donor
del5q - when the long am of chromosome 5 is absent
8+ - Trisomy 8 when there are three copies of Chromosome 8
7- Monosomy 7 - when there's only one copy of Chromosome 7.
(del, +, - can be applied to any chromosome)
NIH - US National Institutes of Health "Big Place, Lots of Smart People"
RA- Refractory Anemia
RCUD - Refractory Cytopenia with Unilineage Dysplasia
(Only one cell line is hinky)
RCMD - Refractory Cytopenia with Multilineage Dysplasia
(More than one cell line is hinky)
RAEB - Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts
AML - Acute Myeloid Leukemia
PRBC - Packed Red Blood Cells
TX- Transfusion

Okay, my fingers are tired. Someone else take over!

Take care!

Greg