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The Bleeding Disease : Hemophilia and the Unintended Consequences of Medical Progress /
By the 1970s, a therapeutic revolution, decades in the making, had transformed hemophilia from an obscure hereditary malady into a manageable bleeding disorder. The glory of this achievement was short lived as the same treatments that delivered some normalcy to the lives of persons with hemophilia b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | By the 1970s, a therapeutic revolution, decades in the making, had transformed hemophilia from an obscure hereditary malady into a manageable bleeding disorder. The glory of this achievement was short lived as the same treatments that delivered some normalcy to the lives of persons with hemophilia brought unexpected fatal results in the 1980s when people with the disease contracted HIV-AIDS and Hepatitis C in staggering numbers. Pemberton recounts the promising and perilous history of American medical and social efforts to manage hemophilia in the twentieth century. --From publisher description. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 377 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-363) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781421404424 1421404427 |