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Are at home pregnancy tests ever wrong? what is the accuracy rate?
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Quite accurate: If you take a test when you miss your period and it is negative, you may need to repeat in a week or less if the urine HCG level just wasn't high enough to trigger a +.
Answered 6/10/2014
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