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Jan 20, 2005 02:33
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German term

mU/I lag.

German to English Medical Medical (general) Report of an operation
This is in reference to TSH levels (thyroid test). It comes after a number which
is supposed to be the level of TSH. I just don't know what the unit is

mU/I lag. (unless there is a typo, this is what I have).

My last question for the day. Thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
3 +5 was about... mIU/L
5 lag time

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Jan 20, 2005:
Thank you armaat for your help!
Melanie Nassar Jan 20, 2005:
What comes immediately BEFORE the 0.00 mU/L? Is it a sentence?
Non-ProZ.com Jan 20, 2005:
May be lag. goes with the rest of the sentence?

0.00 mU/I lag. der FT 4-Wert war mit 2.62 ng/dl leicht erhoeht.
Melanie Nassar Jan 20, 2005:
Careful, your units must be mU/L (L and not I). The lower-case L and capital I look exactly the same in some fonts. see>
*mU/L = milliunits per liter* http://www.aruplab.com/guides/clt/tests/clt_fr17.jsp
Non-ProZ.com Jan 20, 2005:
I realize now that mU/I = milli International units. I still don't know the lag, could it be tag? per day?

Proposed translations

+5
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German term (edited): mU/I
Selected

was about... mIU/L

Was there any context similar to:
"Bis Ende der 80er Jahre wurden zur Bestimmung des TSH sogenannte Radioimmunoassays eingesetzt, <B>deren untere Nachweisgrenze bei 0,4-2,0 mU/l lag"</B>. ? If so, see above. If not, then I am sorry, but I haven't a clue :(

However, for SI units and medical tests, you may find the following link useful:
Reference:

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/clinical_data.html

Peer comment(s):
agree Melanie Nassar : interesting - this could be it, if the values occur in a sentence
5 hrs
agree Siegfried Armbruster : agree with armaat
5 hrs
agree Gabrielle Lyons : with armaat and sarmb
5 hrs
agree Steffen Walter : also with armaat's "Ask the asker remark" - mU/L = milliunits per liter.
6 hrs
agree MMUlr : ja! "lag" past tense of "liegen". for l/L see: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/pdf/sp811.pdf (pdf page 20)
7 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you all!. I apologize... it's my fault. I should have looked at the whole sentence. lag is simply the verb! Thanks to everyone!"
12 mins

lag time

This is an abbreviation for lag time. I looked it up on a medical website. I was familiar with it, but couldn't remember it.

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Note added at 24 mins (2005-01-20 02:58:07 GMT)
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Definition: The time in a test between input and observable response.
Reference:

http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/

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