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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.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.

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 Axe EBSCO Clinical Nursing E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
data file
Series Johns Hopkins biographies of disease
Johns Hopkins biographies of disease.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note Print version record.
Language English.
Subject Hyperlipidemia.
Phenylketonurias -- history
Hyperlipidemias
Hyperlipidémie.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Hyperlipidemia
Added Author Brosco, Jeffrey P. (Jeffrey Paul)
Other Form: Print version: Paul, Diane B., 1946- PKU paradox 9781421411316 (DLC) 2013010207 (OCoLC)830206347
ISBN 9781421411323 (electronic bk.)
1421411326 (electronic bk.)
9781421411316
1421411318
Standard No. ebc3318745
AU@ 000062379938
DEBBG BV042795489
DEBBG BV044055425
DEBSZ 421248106

 
    
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