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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Perinatol. 2018 Aug 3;38(9):1125–1134. doi: 10.1038/s41372-018-0187-7

Table 3.

Glossary of acronyms

Acronym Meaning
CSF Cerebrospinal fluid
EEG Electroencephalography
EMG Electromyography
EKG Electrocardiography
FISH Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
HSV Herpes Simplex Virus
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
NICU Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
NSGC National Society of Genetic Counselors
PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction
SIDS Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
SUDI Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy
SUEND Sudden Unexpected Early Neonatal Death
VUS Variant of Uncertain Significance
WES Whole Exome Sequencing
WGS Whole Genome Sequencing