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- abbreviation data encryption standard
- abbreviation diethylstilbestrol
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- initialism cryptography Data Encryption Standard
- initialism incoterm
Delivered Ex Ship
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- noun a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
- noun synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy
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DES and the [[#DES and alternatives | generation of ciphers]] that followed it all used a
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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DES and the [[#DES and alternatives | generation of ciphers]] that followed it all used a
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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(DES is often referred to as the "hidden Thalidomide.")
Diana Bianchini: One of America's Deepest, Darkest Family Secrets: The DES Drug Disaster Diana Bianchini 2010
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The currently proven effects of exposure include a rare vaginal cancer in DES Daughters; greater risk for breast cancer in DES Mothers; possible risk for testicular cancer in DES Sons; abnormal reproductive organs; infertility; high-risk pregnancies; and an increased risk for breast cancer in DES Daughters after age 40.
Diana Bianchini: One of America's Deepest Darkest Family Secrets: The DES Drug Disaster Diana Bianchini 2010
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(DES is often referred to as the "hidden Thalidomide.")
Diana Bianchini: One of America's Deepest Darkest Family Secrets: The DES Drug Disaster Diana Bianchini 2010
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The currently proven effects of exposure include a rare vaginal cancer in DES Daughters; greater risk for breast cancer in DES Mothers; possible risk for testicular cancer in DES Sons; abnormal reproductive organs; infertility; high-risk pregnancies; and an increased risk for breast cancer in DES Daughters after age 40.
Diana Bianchini: One of America's Deepest, Darkest Family Secrets: The DES Drug Disaster Diana Bianchini 2010
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There are evidently other studies looking at increased incidence of auto-immune disease in DES daughters, problems for DES sons and even possible higher risks for the so-called "3rd generation," grandchildren of the women who took the DES.
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More helpful summaries of research, from a firm that claims they specialize in DES - related litigation.
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Indeed, the medical community is still trying to determine how and why and what happened and for how many generations will it continue for mommies who took a medication (until 1971) called DES (about six million women) so that they could avoid miscarriage and carry to term and have a baby.
Freddie Gershon: When Publicity Requires Invisibility Freddie Gershon 2010
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Indeed, the medical community is still trying to determine how and why and what happened and for how many generations will it continue for mommies who took a medication (until 1971) called DES (about six million women) so that they could avoid miscarriage and carry to term and have a baby.
Freddie Gershon: When Publicity Requires Invisibility Freddie Gershon 2010
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