@article{15364,
  keywords = {Female, Humans, Huntington Disease, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged, New Guinea},
  author = {Scrimgeour E M},
  title = {Huntington's disease and leprosy in a New Guinea Highlander.},
  abstract = {<p>Huntington's disease (HD) was observed in a 45-year-old male Melanesian patient from the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. The patient had multiple peripheral nerve palsies as a result of tuberculoid leprosy and had been resident in the leprosy ward of Goroka Base Hospital for over 6 years. During this time his HD had remained undiagnosed. This is the first report of HD in the Highlands of New Guinea.</p>},
  year = {1983},
  journal = {Journal of medical genetics},
  volume = {20},
  pages = {412-5},
  month = {1983 Dec},
  issn = {0022-2593},
  doi = {10.1136/jmg.20.6.412},
  language = {eng},
}