Effect of diethylstilbestrol on reproductive function

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Goldberg, Jeffrey M ^a   Falcone, Tommaso ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cerclage; Congenital mullerian anomalies; Diethylstilbestrol (DES); Fertility; In utero drug exposure; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL;

CONTRACEPTION; DRUG EXPOSURE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MUELLERIAN DUCT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UTERINE CERVIX CERCLAGE;

EID: 0033169064     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(99)00153-3     Document Type: Article

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