The PKU paradox : a short history of a genetic disease /
Diane B. Paul and Jeffrey P. Brosco.
- 1 online resource (316 pages)
- Johns Hopkins biographies of disease .
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.