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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
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Series Johns Hopkins biographies of disease
Johns Hopkins biographies of disease.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Hyperlipidemia.
Phenylketonurias -- history
Hyperlipidemias
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Hyperlipidemia
Form Electronic book
Author Brosco, Jeffrey P. (Jeffrey Paul)
LC no. 2013010207
ISBN 9781421411323
1421411326