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n. - Synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen.

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  • Everyone in this field is mindful of the long-running tragedy of vaginal and other cancers and male urinary disorders that resulted from the last drug thought to prevent...
  • DES (diethylstilbesterol) was a form of sythetic estrogen prescribed for pregnant women who were at risk for miscarriage, from about 1938 - 1971.
  • Furthermore, for females superior resistance to compression fractures was observed in the groups receiving daidzein and diethylstilbesterol.
  • The Toronto-based researchers used eight to 16 pups per gender per group and randomly assigned them to receive injections of the soy isoflavones, including genistein (2 mg per...
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