Diethylstilbestrol (DES) update: Recommendations for the identification and management of DES-exposed individuals

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-29

  Hammes, Barbara ^a,c   Laitman, Cynthia J ^b  

^a Ctr of Excellence for Women ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Clear cell adenocarcinoma; DES; Diethylstilbestrol; Estrogens

Indexed keywords

BENZESTROL; CHLOROTRIANISENE; DESPLEX; DIENESTROL; DIESTRYL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL DIPROPIONATE; DIGESTIL; FOSFESTROL; GYNBEN; GYNEBEN; H BESTROL; HEXESTROL; MENOCRIN; MESTILBOL; METHALLENESTRIL; MIKAROL FORTI; MONOMESTROL; NEO OESTRANOL; NULABORT; OESTROGENINE; OESTROMON; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; STILBAL; STILOESTROL DP; STILPALMITATE; STILRONE; STILS; VINBARBITAL; CARCINOGEN; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOGENESIS; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTRACEPTION; CRYPTORCHISM; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG RESEARCH; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENITAL MALFORMATION; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROPENIS; MIDWIFE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TESTIS CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS MALFORMATION; VAGINA ADENOSIS; VAGINA CARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; CARCINOGENS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037271426     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-9523(02)00370-7     Document Type: Article

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