Application of a global screening method to probe the role of epigenetics in an experimental model of DES-induced, estrogen-dependent uterine cancer
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 drug, at least four million women and their fetuses were exposed to DES. Th...
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Wichita State University
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10057/5028 |