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Suggested Citation:"ACRONYMS." Institute of Medicine. 1994. Research Strategies for Assessing Adverse Events Associated with Vaccines: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9269.
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Acronyms

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

DTP or DPT

Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

GBS

Guillain-Barré syndrome

HMO

Health maintenance organization

IOM

Institute of Medicine

LLDB

Large-linked database

NCES

National Childhood Encephalopathy Study

OPV

Oral polio vaccine

PHS

Public Health Service

RNA

Ribonucleic acid

SIDS

Sudden infant death syndrome

SSPE

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

VAERS

Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System

VICP

Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

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