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It would just be "ug" - u stands for the symbol for the Greek letter mu, but (sm)

Posted By: Mushroom on 2009-03-18
In Reply to: microgram--why ucg??? - NM)

Subject: It would just be "ug" - u stands for the symbol for the Greek letter mu, but (sm)

I don't think that is commonly used anymore.


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