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diethylstilbestrol syndrome
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Mondo Description Diethylstilbestrol (DES) syndrome is a malformation syndrome reported in offspring (children and grandchildren) of women exposed to DES during pregnancy and is characterized by reproductive tract malformations, decreased fertility and increased risk of developing clear cell carcinoma of the vagina and cervix in young women. Reproductive malformations reported in DES syndrome include small, T-shaped uteri and other uterotubal anomalies that increase the risk of miscarriages in women and epididymal cysts, microphallus, cryptorchidism, or testicular hypoplasia in men. DES, a synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen was widely prescribed from 1940-1970 to prevent miscarriage.
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DataSources which have contributed target associations to this disease, and the identifiers by which the disease is referenced.
GARD:0001859
NCIT:C113422
Orphanet:1916
SCTID:716005004
UMLS:C0853695
MONDO:0016012
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