AIO - acute intestinal obstruction
AT - autoimmune thyroiditis
BP - blood pressure
BV -blood volume
CBD - circulating blood deficiency
CE - cholecystectomy
Cholelithiasis / CLD - cholestatic liver disease
CT - computer tomography
DTG - diffuse toxic goiter
ECG - electrocardiography
EPST - endoscopic papillosphincterotomy
ERCP - endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
ESR - erythrocyte sedimentation rate
FEGD - fibroesophagogastroduodenoscopy
FNA В - fine-needle aspiration biopsy
GERD - gastro-esophageal reflux disease
GIT - gastro-intestinal tract
MDP - major duodenal papilla
NMRI - nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
NSAID - nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug
NUC - nonspecific ulcerous colitis
PDR - pancreato-duodenal resection
T3 - triiodothyronine
T4 - thyroxin (tetraiodothyronine)
ThG - thyroid gland
TRH - thyrotrophin-releasing hormone
TRAB - antibodies to TSH receptor
TSH - thyrotropic hormone
US, US-scan - ultrasonic investigation
WHO - the world health organization