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ambers is Program Director of the California Teratogen Information Service (CTIS). CTIS operates a statewide telephone service and a clinical research program from the Department of Pediatrics at UCSD with satellite offices at UCLA, Los Angeles Children's Hospital and Stanford University. Founded in 1979, this program provides no-cost, confidential information regarding the fetal safety of medications, chemicals, or other agents when used in pregnancy. The CTIS Pregnancy Risk Information line provides information to over 8,000 callers per year including pregnant or pre-pregnant women and health care providers located throughout the state of California. The CTIS program also conducts pregnancy outcome research studies so that evidence-based information can be developed for women with similar questions in the future.

Pregnant women and health care providers can reach CTIS specialists by calling toll free at 800-532-3749 or by contacting CTIS through their website at http://www.ctispregnancy.org For people outside of California, information on exposures in pregnancy can be obtained by calling the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS) national toll-free number 866-626-6847 or visiting the OTIS website at http://www.otispregnancy.org

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Contact: Jeffree Itrich
jitrich@ucsd.edu
619-543-6163
University of California - San Diego
8-Feb-2006

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