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Posted By: sm on 2005-09-13
In Reply to: miu/mL. - How I do it.

Subject: stedman's abbrev

capitalizes the IU part,

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Looking for abbreviation for microinternational units per ml without using any funny characters. - x
- here's a good web page - me
- I don't know what funny characters are, but - ns
  - m = milli but u = micro ... there is a difference - nm
  - miu/mL. - How I do it.
    - stedman's abbrev - sm
- mIU/mL - nm

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