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I hope your%E2%80%99e doing great. I have a question about attached doc. do I carry the CF genes or not? can somone explain to me, please?
I hope your%E2%80%99e doing great. I have a question about attached doc. do I carry the CF genes or not? can somone explain to me, please?
Brief Answer:
the result is negative
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
The laboratory result seen first provided information on the type of testing done but according to the interpretation and result- your test was negative, this means that they did not detect the gene.
This is then further qualified because the majority of tests are not 100% accurate, they can be false negatives and false positives . This means that some tests can give a negative result that should actually be positive (this is a false negative result), some tests can give a positive result that is actually negative (false positive result)
Tests are normally rated to see the chances of this occurring- this is referred to as the sensitivity and specificity of a test.
Your results is negative, there were no mutations or abnormalities detected related to CF but they are saying that though it is negative, there is a small small small chance that the result is false negative (this is a very small chance but they have to mention it).
You likely do not have any mutations related to CF
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
the result is negative
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
The laboratory result seen first provided information on the type of testing done but according to the interpretation and result- your test was negative, this means that they did not detect the gene.
This is then further qualified because the majority of tests are not 100% accurate, they can be false negatives and false positives . This means that some tests can give a negative result that should actually be positive (this is a false negative result), some tests can give a positive result that is actually negative (false positive result)
Tests are normally rated to see the chances of this occurring- this is referred to as the sensitivity and specificity of a test.
Your results is negative, there were no mutations or abnormalities detected related to CF but they are saying that though it is negative, there is a small small small chance that the result is false negative (this is a very small chance but they have to mention it).
You likely do not have any mutations related to CF
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
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