title: Huntington's disease in two New Britain families.
abstract: In East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, two Melanesian families were studied in which the typical features of Hungtington's disease were observed in clinically affected members. Mendelian autosomal dominant inheritance was indicated by the respective family trees.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D009512:New Guinea; D010375:Pedigree; D010641:Phenotype