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The PKU Paradox : A Short History of a Genetic Disease.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease SeriesPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (316 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421411323
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The PKU ParadoxDDC classification:
  • 616.3/99
LOC classification:
  • RC632.H87 P38 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction. Pearl Buck, PKU, and Mental Retardation -- Chapter 1. The Discovery of PKU as a Metabolic Disorder -- Chapter 2. PKU as a Form of Cognitive Impairment -- Chapter 3. Testing and Treating Newborns, 1950-1962 -- Chapter 4. The Campaign for Mandatory Testing -- Chapter 5. Sources of Skepticism -- Chapter 6. New Paradigms for PKU -- Chapter 7. Living with PKU -- Chapter 8. The Perplexing Problem of Maternal PKU -- Chapter 9. Who Should Procreate? Perspectives on Reproductive Choice and Responsibility in Postwar America -- Chapter 10. Newborn Screening Expands -- Epilogue. "The Government Has Your Baby's DNA": Contesting the Storage and Secondary Use of Residual Dried Blood Spots -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Summary: The questions it raises touch on ongoing controversies about newborn screening and what happens to blood samples collected at birth.
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Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction. Pearl Buck, PKU, and Mental Retardation -- Chapter 1. The Discovery of PKU as a Metabolic Disorder -- Chapter 2. PKU as a Form of Cognitive Impairment -- Chapter 3. Testing and Treating Newborns, 1950-1962 -- Chapter 4. The Campaign for Mandatory Testing -- Chapter 5. Sources of Skepticism -- Chapter 6. New Paradigms for PKU -- Chapter 7. Living with PKU -- Chapter 8. The Perplexing Problem of Maternal PKU -- Chapter 9. Who Should Procreate? Perspectives on Reproductive Choice and Responsibility in Postwar America -- Chapter 10. Newborn Screening Expands -- Epilogue. "The Government Has Your Baby's DNA": Contesting the Storage and Secondary Use of Residual Dried Blood Spots -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

The questions it raises touch on ongoing controversies about newborn screening and what happens to blood samples collected at birth.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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