Molar pregnancy with false negative urine pregnancy test, the hook effect
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Molar pregnancy with false negative urine hCG: the hook effect.
Urine pregnancy tests are widely used in emergency departments as the first screening test for patients of reproductive age presenting with gynaecological problems in order to rule out pregnancy. Conditions such as complete molar pregnancy, which produces large amounts of beta human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG), may cause a false negative result due to an oversaturation of the assay system...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2394-2746,2394-2754
DOI: 10.18231/j.ijogr.2021.028