Re: pregnancy tests/miu's/accuracy
From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 19 May 2001 00:59:16 -0500 (CDT)
At Fri, 18 May 2001, R. Daniel Braun, MD wrote:
>
>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.
actually, this test detects a MUCH lower level of 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?
none of them did studies at a major university to see
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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