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Diethylstilbestrol (DES)
Synthetic estrogen prescribed for women in the 1950s and 1960s to prevent miscarriages. Daughters of these women often have abnormal development of their reproductive tracts. They are more likely to have certain types of cancer and to go into labor prematurely.
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