title: Prenatal screening: perspective for the pediatrician.
abstract: Pediatricians are the first contact of a child with genetic disorders such as Down Syndrome. After diagnosis, parents often express and wish that if it was possible to detect it during pregnancy and could it be avoided in the future pregnancy. This makes it essential that pediatricians should have some idea about the basic screening methods and strategy used during pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics amd #Gynecology and Obstetrics, MAMC and associated Lok Nayak Hospital; and *Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS; New Delhi, India. Correspondence to: Dr Seema Kapoor, Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, MAMC and associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi 110 002, India. drseemakapoor@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: Sangeeta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Madhulika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kabra
mesh_terms: D000782:Aneuploidy; D025063:Chromosome Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis