Performance of Common Down Syndrome Screening Methods Used in India with Construction of an Indian Normogram for Nuchal Translucency/Crown–Rump Length Measurements in 14,337 Subjects

• Published in: Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India Vol. 69; no. Suppl 2; pp. 142 - 146
• Main Authors: Kaul, Anita, Radhakrishnan, Prathima
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi Springer India 01.10.2019
• Subjects: Gynecology; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery; Original Article; Nuchal translucency; Antenatal screening; Down syndrome; Combined first trimester screening; NT normogram

Background/Purpose of Study Sonologists often lack access to the Fetal Medicine Foundation Down syndrome risk calculation software or cannot offer the combined test for aneuploidy screening because of resource constraints. Instead, sonologists use nuchal translucency (NT) measurements that rely on f...