| AAbs | autoantibodies |
| AIPL1 | aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein-like 1 |
| ANNA-1 | type 1 antineuronal nuclear antibody |
| BCVA | best-corrected visual acuity |
| BDUMP | bilateral diffuse uveal melanocytic proliferation |
| CA II | carbonic anhydrase II |
| CACD | cancer-associated cone dysfunction |
| CAR | cancer-associated retinopathy |
| CMEP factor | cultured melanocyte elongation and proliferation factor |
| CRMP5 | collapsin response mediator protein 5 |
| EOG | electrooculography |
| ERG | electroretinography |
| FAF | fundus autofluorescence |
| FFA | fundus fluorescein angiography |
| GAPDH | glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GCAPs | guanylyl cyclase-activating proteins |
| hsc-70 | heat shock cognate protein 70 |
| hsc-60 | heat shock cognate protein 60 |
| HSP27 | heat shock protein 27 |
| IRBP | interphotoreceptor retinoid binding protein |
| MAR | melanoma-associated retinopathy |
| MBP | myelin binding protein |
| MLSN1 | melastin 1 |
| OCT | optical coherent tomography |
| OPNS | ocular paraneoplastic syndromes |
| POEMS | polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes syndrome |
| PON | paraneoplastic optic neuritis |
| PNR | photoreceptor cell-specific nuclear receptor |
| PNS | paraneoplastic syndromes |
| PRDX3 | peroxiredoxin 3 (26-kDa) |
| PVM | paraneoplastic vitelliform maculopathy |
| Rab6A | Rab6A GTPase |
| ROS | rod outer segment protein (120-kDa) |
| RPE | retinal pigment epithelium |
| T-exGF | tumor-expressed growth factors |
| TRPM1 | transient receptor potential cation channel; subfamily M member 1 (that is labeled on ON-bipolar cells) |
| TULP1 | tubby-like protein 1 |