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Detection of biological false positive syphilis serum reactions [PDF]

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 1974
CITATION: Brede, H. D., et al. 1974. Detection of biological false positive syphilis serum reactions. South African Medical Journal, 48(28):1191-1194.The original publication is available at https://journals.co.zaA comparative evaluation of reagin tests (
Willey, K. D. F., Brede, H. D., Kindermann, R. A., Finlayson, M. H.   +3 more
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Evaluating the causes associated with false positive Galactomannan assay in suspected cases of respiratory fungal infections

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Introduction: The circulating GM antigen is considered an important and reliable biomarker according to the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Mycosis Study Group (EORTC/MSG) guidelines.
Parul Garg, Shipra Suyal, Desh Deepak, Sneha Hembrom, Ankit K. Chauhan, Nirmalajit Kaur, Shalini Malhotra   +6 more
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A human immunodeficiency virus screening algorithm to address the high rate of false-positive results in pregnant women in Japan. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
BACKGROUND: Prenatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing is essential for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission. However, false-positive results of screening testing are a concern as they may cause unnecessary emotional stress to pregnant
Takako Shima-Sano, Rika Yamada, Kazuyo Sekita, Raleigh W Hankins, Hiromasa Hori, Hiroshi Seto, Koji Sudo, Makiko Kondo, Kazuo Kawahara, Yuki Tsukahara, Noriyuki Inaba, Shingo Kato, Mitsunobu Imai   +12 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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False-Positive Causes in Serum Cardiac Troponin Levels

Journal of Clinical Medicine Research, 2022
Cardiac troponins (cTns) are the most valuable and specific markers of cardiovascular diseases, including acute myocardial infarction. These biomarkers can also be used to assess the degree of myocardial damage in non-cardiac diseases that can negatively
Aleksey Michailovich Chaulin
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False Positive Reactions in Treponemal Tests*† [PDF]

Sexually Transmitted Infections, 1963
A. J. Julian, J. Portnoy, The Late Hilfred N. Bossak   +2 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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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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