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ACAP Alliance for a Canadian Arthritis Program
http://www.arthritisalliance.ca/home/index.html
   
ACE Arthritis Consumer Experts
http://www.arthritisconsumerexperts.org
   
ARCC Arthritis Research Centre of Canada
http://www.arthritisresearch.ca
   
AS Ankylosing Spondylitis
   
BIO Bioengineering
   
BIO RJF Bioengineering for the Restoration of Joint Function
   
CAC Consumer Advisory Council
http://www.arthritisnetwork.ca/consumers/consumers_en.php
   
CAN Canadian Arthritis Network
http://www.arthritisnetwork.ca/home/home_en.php
   
CAPA Canadian Arthritis Patients Alliance
http://www.arthritispatient.ca/index.php
   
CIHR Canadian Institutes of Health Research
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/
   
CRRC Canadian Rheumatology Research Consortium
http://www.rheumtrials.ca/
   
DAP Discovery Advancement Program
   
DMARD Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug
 
   
FDA Food and Drug Administration, USA
http://www.fda.gov/
   
GLP Good Laboratory Practice
   
GWS Genome-Wide Scans
   
HQP Highly Qualified Personnel
   
HRQoL Health-Related Quality of Life
   
III Institute of Infection and Immunity, CIHR
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/13533.html
   
IJD Inflammatory Joint Disease
   
IMHA Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis, CIHR
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/13217.html
   
IMMPACT Initiative on Methods, Measurements and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials
   
IP Intellectual Property
   
IPC Interpenetrating Phase Composite
   
IRA Informatics for Research in Arthritis
   
IWH Institute for Work & Health
http://www.iwh.on.ca/
   
JIA Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
   
JRA Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
   
KTE Knowledge Translation and Exchange
   
KTEE Knowledge and Technology Exchange and Exploitation
   
MOH Ministry of Health
   
MMP Matrix Metalloproteinases
   
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
   
NCE Networks of Centres of Excellence
http://www.nce-rce.gc.ca/index_eng.asp
   
NIAMS National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH
http://www.niams.nih.gov/
   
NIH National Institutes of Health, USA
http://www.nih.gov/
   
NSAIDS Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
   
NSERC Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/
   
OA Osteoarthritis
   
PASC Partnerships & Sustainability Committee
   
R&D Research & Development
   
RA Rheumatoid Arthritis
   
RMC Research Management Committee
   
RF Rheumatoid Factor
   
SMAC Scientific & Medical Advisory Council
   
SNP Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
   
SRI Strategic Research Initiative
   
SRID Strategic Research Initiative Development Grants
   
SRR Strategic Research Resource
   
SSHRC Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/
   
SVC Strategic Vision Committee
   
TAS The Arthritis Society
http://www.arthritis.ca
   
TEC Training and Education Committee





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