DeCS

Descriptor English:

False Positive Reactions

Descriptor Spanish:

Reacciones Falso Positivas

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	resultados falsos positivos
Scope note:	Resultados positivos de las pruebas en sujetos que no poseen el atributo para el que se realiza dicha prueba. En el cribado para la detección de una enfermedad, los individuos sanos son etiquetados como enfermos. (Traducción libre del original: Last, A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Reações Falso-Positivas

Descriptor French:

Faux positifs

Entry term(s):

False Positive Reaction
Positive Reaction, False
Positive Reactions, False
Reaction, False Positive
Reactions, False Positive

Tree number(s):

E01.354.506

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005189

Scope note:

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)

Annotation:

usually NIM

Allowable Qualifiers:

No qualifiers

Previous Indexing:

specific disease/diagnosis (1966-1967)
specific test (1966-1967)

Public MeSH Note:

History Note:

70(68)

DeCS ID:

5290

Unique ID:

D005189

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1970/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

1997/06/20

ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT

Diagnosis [E01]

Diagnosis

Diagnostic Errors [E01.354]

Diagnostic Errors

False Negative Reactions [E01.354.340]

False Negative Reactions

False Positive Reactions [E01.354.506]

False Positive Reactions

Observer Variation [E01.354.753]

Observer Variation

False Positive Reactions - Preferred

Concept UI	M0008178
Scope note	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)
Preferred term	False Positive Reactions
Entry term(s)	False Positive Reaction Positive Reaction, False Positive Reactions, False Reaction, False Positive Reactions, False Positive

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