FDA Issues Warning About Large Percentage Of False Positives In Prenatal Screening Tests

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FDA Issues Warning About Large Percentage Of False Positives In Prenatal Screening Tests
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One test has a false positive rate of 93%.

on the astonishing number of false positives for these rare diseases, 81% of tests show a false positive for DiGeorge syndrome, which can cause heart defects and delayed language acquisition. For Prader-Willi syndrome, which can lead to seizures and an inability to control overeating, that false positive testing rate jumps to 93%.reported that these tests were inaccurate 85% of the time when it came to predicting the development of these rare conditions in the fetus.

Even if some were to wait and get a second diagnostic test with their OB-GYN, it would have to be further along in the pregnancy. In many states,confirm a condition, the pregnant person would be unable to terminate it if they wished.

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