The PKU paradox : a short history of a genetic disease /
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| Author / Creator: | Paul, Diane B., 1946- |
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| Imprint: | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2013. |
| Description: | xxiv, 289 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Johns Hopkins biographies of disease Johns Hopkins biographies of disease. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9799465 |
Table of Contents:
- 0. Foreword, by Charles E. Rosenberg
- 0. Preface
- 0. List of Abbreviations
- 0. Introduction
- 1. The\Discovery of PKU as a Metabolic Disorder
- 2. PKU as a Form of Cognitive Impairment
- 3. Testing and Treating Newborns, 1950-1962
- 4. The\Campaign for Mandatory Testing
- 5. Sources of Skepticism
- 6. New Paradigms for PKU
- 7. Living with PKU
- 8. The\Perplexing Problem of Maternal PKU
- 9. Who Should Procreate? Perspectives on Reproductive Choice and Responsibility in Postwar America
- 10. Newborn Screening Expands
- 0. Epilogue
- 0. Acknowledgments
- 0. A\Note on Sources
- 0. Notes
- 0. Index
