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Author:

Paul, Diane B., 1946-

Title:

The PKU paradox : a short history of a genetic disease / Diane B. Paul and Jeffrey P. Brosco.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xxiv, 289 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Phenylketonuria--History.
Phenylketonurias--history.

Other Authors:

Brosco, Jeffrey P. (Jeffrey Paul)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-282) and index. New Book -- May -- 2014

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.

Series:

Johns Hopkins biographies of disease

ISBN:

1421411326 (electronic)
9781421411323 (electronic)
1421411318 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781421411316 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)830206347

LCCN:

2013010207

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)