 False Positive Reactions
"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)
| Descriptor ID |
D005189
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.354.506
|
| 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 this website by year, and whether "False Positive Reactions" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "False Positive Reactions" by people in Profiles.
-
Myers AL, Jackson MA, Selvarangan R. False-positive results of Campylobacter rapid antigen testing. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Jun; 30(6):542.
-
Seetahal SA, Bolorunduro OB, Sookdeo TC, Oyetunji TA, Greene WR, Frederick W, Cornwell EE, Chang DC, Siram SM. Negative appendectomy: a 10-year review of a nationally representative sample. Am J Surg. 2011 Apr; 201(4):433-7.
-
Williams PB, Ahlstedt S, Barnes JH, S?derstr?m L, Portnoy J. Are our impressions of allergy test performances correct? Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2003 Jul; 91(1):26-33.
|
People  People who have written about this concept. _
Similar Concepts
People who have written about this concept.
_
Top Journals
Top journals in which articles about this concept have been published.
|