The following sidebar is designed for use in newsletters aimed at health-care professionals. It is intended to accompany the main article describing the free services offered by the Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center.
How to Contact GARD
The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center is a free resource offered by the National Institutes of Health that provides reliable information on genetic and rare diseases. Health-care professionals and patients can tap into GARD's resources at:
Web: http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD
E-mail: GARDinfo@nih.gov
Phone: (888) 205-2311
TTY: (888) 205-3223
Fax: (240) 632-9164
Mail: P.O. Box 8126
Gaithersburg, MD 20898-8126
How to Contact the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program
The Undiagnosed Diseses Program is a new clinical research program that aims to provide answers to patients with mysterious conditions that have long eluded diagnosis. Pediatricians and other health professionals can find more program and referral information at:
Undiagnosed Diseases Program Web Site: http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/Undiagnosed
NIH Clinical Center Clinical Information Research Phone: 1-866-444-8806
NIH Clinical Center Web: http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov
