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Application of a global screening method to probe the role of epigenetics in an experimental model of DES-induced, estrogen-dependent uterine cancer

Simpson, Megan Odetta (Wichita State University, 2011-07)

Diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic estrogen, was widely administered to pregnant women between 1947 and 1971 on account of a misconception that it could prevent miscarriages. Due to the wide use of this estrogen-mimicking ...