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Can pcos cause a false negative in a pregnancy test?

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Dr. John Munshower answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Should not: The pregnancy tests use b-hcg for their evaluation, and are very sensitive. Pcos should not affect the testing.

Answered 2/8/2014

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