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		DES Bibliography
		Overview History Women Exposed to DES While Pregnant Women Exposed to DES Before Birth (in the Womb), Known as DES Daughters Men Exposed to DES Before Birth (in the Womb), Known as DES Sons Third Generation (Offspring of DES Daughters or Sons) Immunology Psychology Reviews General

Brackbill Y, Berendes HW. Dangers of diethylstilbestrol: review of a 1953 paper. Lancet 1978; 2:520.

Dieckmann WJ, Davis ME, Rynkiewicz LM, Pottinger RE. Does the administration of diethylstilbestrol during pregnancy have therapeutic value? Am J Obstet Gynecol 1953; 66(5):1062-81.

Dodds EC, Goldberg L, Larson W, Robinson R. Estrogenic activity of certain synthetic compounds. Nature 1938; 141:247.

Fergeson JH. Effect of stilbestrol on pregnancy compared to the effect of a placebo. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1953; 65:592-601.

Guisti RM, Iwamoto K, Hatch EE. Diethylstilbestrol revisited: a review of the long-term health effects. Ann Intern Med 1995;122:778-88.

Heinonen OP. Diethylstilbestrol in pregnancy: frequency of exposure and usage patterns. Cancer 1973;31:573-7.

Johnston GA Jr. Health risks and effects of prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol. J Fam Pract 1983 Jan;16(1):51-4.

Kinlen LJ, Badaracco MA, Moffett J, Vessey MP. A survey of the use of estrogens during pregnancy in the United Kingdom and of the genito-urinary cancer mortality and incidence rates in young people in England and Wales. J Obstet Gynaecol Br Commonwlth 1974;81:849-55.

Noller KL, Fisch CR. Diethylstilbestrol usage: its interesting past, important present, and questionable future. Med Clin North Am 1974;58(4):739-810.

Reid DD. The use of hormones in the management of pregnancy in diabetics: report to the Medical Research Council by their Conference on Diabetes and Pregnancy. Lancet 1955;6895:833-6.

Sharp GB, Cole P, Anderson D, Herbst AL. Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the lower genital tract. Correlation of mother's recall of diethylstilbestrol history with obstetrical records. Cancer 1990;66(10):2215-20.

Smith OW. Diethylstilbestrol in the prevention and treatment of complications of pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1948;56:821-34.

Smith OW, Smith G, Van S. The influence of diethylstilbestrol on the progress and outcome of pregnancy based on a comparison of treated with untreated primigravidas. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1949;58:994.

Swyer GIM, Law RG. An evaluation of the prophylactic ante-natal use of stilbestrol: preliminary report. J Endocrinol 1954;10:6.

Tilley BC, Barnes AB, Bergstralh E, Labarthe D, Noller KL, Colton T. A comparison of pregnancy history recall and medical records: Implications or retrospective studies. Amer J Epidemiol 1985;121(2):269-81.

Trimble EL. Update on diethylstilbestrol. Obstet Gynecol Surv 2001;56(4):187-9.

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