| ACLS | advanced cardiac life support; Assessment of Children's Language Comprehension |
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| AHL | apparent half-life |
| ALCEQ | Adolescent Life Change Event Questionnaire |
| ALE | active life expectancy; allowable limits of error; amputated lower extremity |
| ALTE | apparent life-threatening event |
| life tables | Summarizing techniques used to describe the pattern of mortality and survival in populations. These methods can be applied to the study not only of death, but also of any defined endpoint such as the onset of disease or the occurrence of disease complications. (12 Dec 1998) |
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