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Acyclovir And False Negative Tests
Several statistical terms are important to understand when trying to make sense of who should have their PSA tested or their prostate biopsied.
- The sensitivity of a test refers to the proportion of individuals in a population that will be correctly identified when tested for a particular disease.
- The specificity of a test refers to the probability that a person who does not have the particular disease and is tested for the disease will be correctly identified as not having the disease.
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