MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS - REPORT OF A CASE IN A PAPUA-NEW-GUINEAN

Authors
SAWERI A DAKULALA P TUCK RR NARAQI S
Citation
A. Saweri et al., MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS - REPORT OF A CASE IN A PAPUA-NEW-GUINEAN, Papua New Guinea medical journal, 36(1), 1993, pp. 53-55
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Papua New Guinea medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00311480
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
53 - 55
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-1480(1993)36:1<53:M-ROAC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis is rare in equatorial countries and has not been di agnosed 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.