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Anti-toxic unit

The Anti-toxic Unit (ATU) – an antitoxin activity unit which corresponds to its ability to neutralize a certain dose of toxin; it is used for standardization of anti-toxic serums for which the international units of antitoxin (ME) are not established by World Health Organization.

 
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