Orphan : the quest to save children with rare genetic disorders / Philip R. Reilly.
Orphan : the quest to save children with rare genetic disorders / Philip R. Reilly.
Orphan : the quest to save children with rare genetic disorders / Philip R. Reilly.
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Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor, New York : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, [2015]
Call Numbers
G 2015/4027
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 388 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Machine generated contents note: -- (preliminary) -- Preface -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Dedication -- 1. Diet -- Black Diapers: Archibald Garrod and Inborn Errors of Metabolism -- Phenylketonuria -- Neural Tube Defects -- 2. The Birth of Medical Genetics -- False Start -- The Founding Fat...
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Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor, New York : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, [2015]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2015]
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Summary
"This book is about the struggle to save the lives of children who, because of a roll of the genetic dice, are born with any one of more than several thousand rare genetic disorders. It recounts the now century long effort of small groups of physicians and scientists to take on some of these genetic diseases. In many cases just a few physician-scie...
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Orphan : the quest to save children with rare genetic disorders / Philip R. Reilly.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2015/4027
Record Identifier
74VKR4P6XK6X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKR4P6XK6X
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ISBN
1621821374 hardcover
9781621821373 hardcover
DDC
618.920042
MMS ID
991023257949702626
