false positive reactions

Preferred Label : false positive reactions;

MeSH definition : 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);

MeSH synonym : reaction, false positive; positive reactions, false; false positive reaction; positive reaction, false; reactions, false positive;

MeSH annotation : NIM; no qualif; usually NIM;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False positive reaction;

Details

Origin ID

D005189;

UMLS CUI

C0015563;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- False Positive [NCIt concept]
- False positive (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Number of False Positives [NCIt concept]
- false positive [SNOMED Notion]
- false positive [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
Record concept(s)
- false positive reactions [MeSH concept]
See also
- predictive value of tests [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Laboratory or Test Result [UMLS semantic type]

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