A collaboration of researchers has investigated the possible association between dolutegravir and neural tube defects in four major spontaneous reporting pharmacovigilance systems . More information […]
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ENTIS is a global collaborative network of Teratology Information Services. Member organisations consist of medical doctors, pharmacists, genetic counsellors and scientists all working together with the primary aim of preventing birth defects and developmental disorders which arise as a consequence of maternal or paternal perinatal exposures.
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Latest Annual Conference News
The 31st Annual ENTIS Conference will be held in Bergamo, Italy, 7-9th May 2020. Further details will be posted in the annual conference section of the website shortly.
Latest Teratology Studies
National Birth Defects Prevention Study estimates of birth defect rates, 2010-2014
Researchers from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS) have published their adjusted national birth prevalence estimates generated from the 2010 to 2014 NBDPS birth […]
Using twitter for birth defect epidmiology purposes
A collaborative of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania and Emory University School of Medicine have published an interesting article detailing […]
An interesting discussion of possible methodological approaches for dealing with data confounding
The findings of post-marketing observational studies are generally limited by the impact of data confounding, but there are useful study designs which can partially address […]
Most common birth defects among the infants of women with diabetes in pregnancy
A collaboration of researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, the University of Texas, Emory […]
New study investigating antithyroid drugs and the risk of birth defects
Researchers from Aalborg University in Denmark have undertaken an analysis of data from the Danish National Birth Cohort and North Denmark Region Pregnancy Cohort to […]
Latest EURAP study shows declining malformation rate with altered AED prescribing practises
The EURAP study group have undertaken a Cochrane-Armitage linear trend analysis of their prospective data was to assess how changes in AED treatment since 2000-2005 […]
New data made available concerning maternal oseltamivir use in pregnancy
Researchers from the University of California San Diego have performed an analysis of data collected by the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists to investigate birth […]