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Resolving the Interference of Anti-CD38 Antibodies on Blood Compatibility Assays Using CD38 “Baitbodies” Approach [PDF]

Journal of Immunology Research
Blood transfusion safety depends on swift blood compatibility testing. Alloantibodies recognizing these blood group antigens determine blood compatibility, and the transfusion of incompatible blood can lead to life-threatening hemolytic transfusion ...
Dianne Celine Gnann, Stephan Steinke, Hendrikus S. P. Garritsen, Michael Hust   +3 more
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Neuromonitoring in Cervical Spine Surgery: When Is a Signal Drop Clinically Significant? [PDF]

Asian Spine Journal, 2021
Study Design Retrospective cohort study. Purpose To identify the clinical significance of different patterns of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) signal alerts.
Joshua Decruz, Arun-Kumar Kaliya-Perumal, Kevin Ho-Yin Wong, Dinesh Shree Kumar, Eugene Weiren Yang, Jacob Yoong-Leong Oh   +5 more
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Development and research of a model for differential diagnosis of latent late syphilis and false-positive serological reactions on immunochips with a panel of 12 Treponema pallidum antigens

Vestnik Dermatologii i Venerologii, 2021
The aim - to find the optimal attributing rules to distinguish groups of latent stages of syphilis and false positive serological tests of using multivariate discriminant analysis Material and methods.
Marina V. Shpilevaya, Georgiy L. Katunin, Alexey A. Kubanov   +2 more
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Understanding one-way ANOVA using conceptual figures [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2017
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is one of the most frequently used statistical methods in medical research. The need for ANOVA arises from the error of alpha level inflation, which increases Type 1 error probability (false positive) and is caused by ...
Tae Kyun Kim
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Characteristics of False-Positive Alarms in the BacT/Alert 3D System

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
The BacT/Alert system has been used for detecting the presence of bacteria in various clinical settings as well as in blood services, but it is associated with a relatively high incidence of false-positive results.
Misato Amano, Mami Matsumoto, Shigeru Sano, Mayumi Oyama, Hideto Nagumo, Naoko Watanabe-Okochi, Nelson H. Tsuno, Kazunori Nakajima, Kazuo Muroi   +8 more
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Breast cancer survivors' risk of interval cancers and false positive results in organized mammography screening

Cancer Medicine, 2020
Background Breast cancer survivors are increasing followed for new breast cancers / recurrences by mammography screening only. We aimed at assessing how often breast cancer survivors get a false positive or false negative result at mammography screening.
Sisse Helle Njor, Ilse Vejborg, Mette Bach Larsen   +2 more
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Problems of false positive laboratory tests during qualification to the ”Program of severe plaque psoriasis treatment” on the basis of two cases

Przegląd Dermatologiczny, 2015
Introduction. Qualification of patients for the therapeutic program of severe plaque psoriasis should be preceded by many tests. Abnormal test results require further evaluation and possibly implementation of treatment.
Dorota Jaśkiewicz-Nyckowska, Aneta Szczerkowska-Dobosz, Maria Czubek, Dorota Purzycka-Bohdan   +3 more
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Psychotropic drugs cross-reactivity with amphetamines in a FAERS sample: an international pharmacovigilance study

European Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Urine Drug Screening (USD) is one of the most used techniques for drug testing. However, one of the main issues related to USD is the high frequency of cross-reactivity with other molecules. Amphetamines, because of their simple structures,
L. Giacovelli, V. Battini, M. Boscacci, C. Carnovale, B. Dell’Osso   +4 more
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An ELISA protocol to improve the accuracy and reliability of serological antibody assays

MethodsX, 2017
To assay serum antibodies by indirect ELISA, it is critical to eliminate a variety of false positive and negative reactions attributed to the principle.
Takaki Waritani, Jessica Chang, Bonnie McKinney, Kuniaki Terato   +3 more
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Evaluation of six anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody test kits and practical approaches to optimize the diagnostic performance

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2021
In an investigation of six anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody kits with different target antigen and methodology, each kit showed comparable performance. As false-positive reactions occurred independently with different kits, specificity increased to 100% when ...
Jae-Hoon Ko, Eun-Jeong Joo, Jin Yang Baek, Kyungmin Huh, Sun Young Cho, Cheol-In Kang, Doo Ryeon Chung, Yae-Jean Kim, Eun-Suk Kang, Kyong Ran Peck   +9 more
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