"False Positive Reactions" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Positive test results in subjects who do not possess the attribute for which the test is conducted. The labeling of healthy persons as diseased when screening in the detection of disease. (Last, A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)
Concept/Terms
False Positive Reactions- False Positive Reactions
- False Positive Reaction
- Positive Reaction, False
- Positive Reactions, False
- Reaction, False Positive
- Reactions, False Positive
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "False Positive Reactions".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "False Positive Reactions".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "False Positive Reactions" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "False Positive Reactions" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1994 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 1995 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1996 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 1999 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2000 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2001 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2002 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2003 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2004 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 2005 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2006 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2007 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2008 | 1 | 23 | 24 |
| 2009 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 2010 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2011 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 2012 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2013 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2014 | 1 | 31 | 32 |
| 2015 | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| 2016 | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| 2017 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2018 | 3 | 22 | 25 |
| 2019 | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| 2020 | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| 2021 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "False Positive Reactions" by people in Profiles.
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Clinical feasibility of a contactless multiparameter continuous monitoring technology for neonates in a large public maternity hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. Sci Rep. 2022 02 23; 12(1):3097.
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False-positive eluate reactivity due to LISS. Transfusion. 2022 03; 62(3):516-517.
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Laboratory-Generated DNA Can Cause Anomalous Pathogen Diagnostic Test Results. Microbiol Spectr. 2021 10 31; 9(2):e0031321.
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Revisiting performance metrics for prediction with rare outcomes. Stat Methods Med Res. 2021 10; 30(10):2352-2366.
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Prevalence and Predictors of Bacterial Contamination in Excisional Lymph Node Biopsies: Implications for Diagnosis and Management. Am J Surg Pathol. 2021 09 01; 45(9):1235-1244.
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Trade-Offs Between Harms and Benefits of Different Breast Cancer Screening Intervals Among Low-Risk Women. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2021 08 02; 113(8):1017-1026.
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Personalizing Breast Cancer Screening Based on Polygenic Risk and Family History. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2021 04 06; 113(4):434-442.
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Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert Ultra assays for screening for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults, irrespective of signs or symptoms. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 03 23; 3:CD013694.
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Not the usual suspect: Polymeric IgA paraprotein causes false positive results in kinetic interaction of microparticles in solution (KIMS) immunoassays. Clin Biochem. 2021 Jun; 92:82-85.
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False-Positive 99mTechnetium-Pyrophosphate Scintigraphy in Two Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Circ Heart Fail. 2021 03; 14(3):e007558.