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Vaginal Cancer Learning Center

DES (diethylstilbestrol) is a hormone that was prescribed for pregnant women in the 1950s and early 1960s. Many years later, doctors discovered that the daughters of the women who received DES were at high risk for a variety of problems, including...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Vaginal discharge refers to secretions from the vagina. Such discharge can vary in: Consistency (thick, pasty, thin; Color (clear, cloudy, white, yellow, green; Smell (normal, odorless, bad odor.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 1, 2009
Human papilloma viruses (HPV) are a large group or related viruses, some of which play a part in the development Transmission electron micrograph of human papilloma virus, magnified 40,000 times. HPV is the cause of warts, including genital warts,...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by human papillomavirus. This is a group of more than one hundred viruses, at least thirty-five of which can infect the genital tissues. HPV is spre...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
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