False Negative Fecal Occult Blood Test: Prozone Effect

Dear editor, the fecal occult blood test is the presently widely used screening laboratory test for colorectal cancer. At present, the test is usually based on an immunological diagnostic principle (1, 2). A false positive fecal occult blood is common and widely mentioned in literature. Nevertheless...

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Main Authors: Pathoom Sukkaromdee, Viroj Wiwanitkit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iranian Society of Pathology 2019-01-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Pathology
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Online Access:https://ijp.iranpath.org/article_33645_63c6cd83de9ea1009b0fa4ff2a915bb5.pdf