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False Negative Urine Pregnancy Test: Hook Effect Revealed

The urine pregnancy kit tests are commonly used in women of childbearing age to detect pregnancy. However, these tests may fail to detect pregnancy, rarely leading to inadvertent lab and radiation exposure. The hook-effect is a rare but important phenomenon, rendering the kit tests false negative du...

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Autores principales: Priyadarshini, Shista, Manas, FNU, Prabhu, Sheela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8971111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371840
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22779