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Re: pregnancy tests/miu's/accuracy

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 18 May 2001 13:58:41 -0500 (CDT)


At Thu, 17 May 2001, Amy wrote: >
>I recently purchased a pregnancy test claiming to be able to detect the
>hcg hormone up to 4 days earlier than any other brand on the market. As
>early as 3 days before one's period is expected. I also found out that
>this particular test- tests at 100 miu's for hcg. I have also found out
>that there are several other tests out there that test anywhere from 20-
>50 miu's for hcg- yet none of them claim to give an accurate reading
>before the first day of a missed period. Why is this? Also, due to the
>context of the article in which I was reading- it was clear that the
>test which read the lower miu's of hcg were the most sensitive. However-
>I would like to know just what exactly does miu stand for?

mIU= milli International Unit

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