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Reduction of false positives in oral-fluid based immunoassays

  • US 5,871,905 A
  • Filed: 09/04/1996
  • Issued: 02/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of reducing false positives in assays for the detection of an analyte in an oral fluid sample, said method comprising the step of providing an oral fluid sample combined with a bile acid bile or salt;

  • wherein said bile acid bile or salt is present in a concentration sufficient to reduce the rate of occurrence of false positives in said assays; and

    wherein said assays are characterized by the use of a particulate moiety as a detectable label.

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