Kalfa N

ORCID: 0000-0001-5472-4096 · 4 papers in corpus · active 2021-2023

Study types

  • case-report 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 2
  • dysmenorrhea 1
2023
Birth Outcomes in DES Children and Grandchildren: A Multigenerational National Cohort Study on Informative Families.
International journal of environmental research and public health ·doi:10.3390/ijerph20032542

ObjectiveDiethylstilbestrol (DES), a potent synthetic nonsteroidal estrogen belonging to the family of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), can cross the placenta and may cause permanent adverse health effects in the exposed mothers, thei…

2021
Experimental Evidence of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlordibenzo-p-Dioxin (TCDD) Transgenerational Effects on Reproductive Health.
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms22169091

Previous studies have demonstrated that endocrine disruptors (EDs) can promote the transgenerational inheritance of disease susceptibility. Among the many existing EDs, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlordibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) affects reproductive health, …

case-report 2021
Multigenerational endometriosis : consequence of fetal exposure to diethylstilbestrol ?
Environmental health : a global access science source ·doi:10.1186/s12940-021-00780-5

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis, which affects 10-15 % of women of reproductive age, is an estrogen-driven condition influenced by environmental and genetic factors. Exposition to estrogen-like endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) has been repor…

case-report 2021
Prenatal Exposure to Diethylstilbestrol and Multigenerational Psychiatric Disorders: An Informative Family
International journal of environmental research and public health ·doi:10.3390/ijerph18199965

BACKGROUND: Psychiatric disorders in children exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol (DES) are still debated. We report here the impact of DES prescribed to suppress lactation on the children born after such treatment and their progeny, foc…