01329nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001600055653001400071653001100085653001200096653001200108653001500120653001700135100001500152700001400167700001500181245006600196300001100262490000700273520079300280022001401073       1976                            d  c1976 Dec10aAmyloidosis10aGeography10aHumans10aleprosy10aMalaria10aNew Guinea10aTuberculosis1 aAnders R F1 aPrice M A1 aWilkey I S00aGeographical distribution of amyloidosis in Papua New Guinea.  a273-820 v283 a<p>During an 11 year period 73 cases of amyloidosis were diagnosed at Port Moresby General Hospital as a result of histological examination of autopsy or biopsy material. No case of amyloidosis came from either the Highlands or North Coast regions although these two areas together accounted for 16% of the medical admissions at the hospital and made up a similar percentage of Port Moresby's Papua New Guinean population. Within the sub-district in which Port Moresby is situated there was a much higher incidence of amyloidosis in the inland, more sparsely populated, census divisions of the sub-district. Aetiological factors which may be related to the common occurrence of amyloidosis in Papua New Guinea are discussed in light of the observed geographical distribution of cases.</p>  a0041-3232