Multiple sclerosis: report of a case in a Papua New Guinean.
Multiple sclerosis is rare in equatorial countries and has not been diagnosed in the indigenous population of Papua New Guinea. We describe the clinical features of a young Papua New Guinean with optic neuritis and a myelopathy which we believe to be due to multiple sclerosis.
Saweri
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University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby General Hospital, Boroko.
Dakulala
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Naraqi
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis; D010219:Papua New Guinea