European Network of Teratology Information Services (ENTIS)

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.

The general objective for ENTIS is to coordinate and collaborate the activities of the different Teratology Information Services (TIS), and to collect and evaluate data in order to contribute to the primary prevention of birth defects and developmental disorders.

A teratogen is an environmental agent such as a drug, chemical, virus or pollutant which interferes with the normal development of the embryo or fetus.