The PKU paradox [electronic resource] : a short history of a genetic disease / Diane B. Paul and Jeffrey P. Brosco.
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (p. )ISBN:- 9781421411323
- 1421411326
- 616.3/99 23
- RC632.H87
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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