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The PKU paradox : a short history of a genetic disease [E-Book]

By: Contributor(s): Series: Johns Hopkins biographies of diseasePublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421411323 (electronic bk.)
  • 1421411326 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WD 200
Online resources:
Contents:
The discovery of PKU as a metabolic disorder -- PKU as a form of cognitive impairment -- Testing and treating newborns, 1950-1962 -- The campaign for mandated testing -- Sources of skepticism -- More paradigms for PKU -- Living with PKU -- The perplexing problem of maternal PKU -- Who should procreate? Perspectives on reproductive choice and responsibility in postwar America -- Newborn screening expands.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The discovery of PKU as a metabolic disorder -- PKU as a form of cognitive impairment -- Testing and treating newborns, 1950-1962 -- The campaign for mandated testing -- Sources of skepticism -- More paradigms for PKU -- Living with PKU -- The perplexing problem of maternal PKU -- Who should procreate? Perspectives on reproductive choice and responsibility in postwar America -- Newborn screening expands.

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