Direct fetal injections of diethylstilbestrol and 17β‐estradiol: A method for investigating their teratogenicity

The synthetic estrogen, diethylstilbestrol (DES), causes urogenital malformations in humans, primates, and rodents. This study was designed to determine whether these effects of DES are related to its estrogenicity. Therefore, DES (0.1, 1, and 10 micrograms) or the natural estrogen, estradiol (E2…