Anders R F, Price M A, Wilkey I S
Trop Geogr Med. 1976 Dec;28(4):273-82.
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.
在11年期间，莫尔斯比港总医院通过尸检或活检材料的组织学检查诊断出73例淀粉样变性病例。尽管高地和北海岸地区的病例占该医院医疗入院人数的16%，且在莫尔斯比港的巴布亚新几内亚人口中占比相似，但没有淀粉样变性病例来自这两个地区。在莫尔斯比港所在的分区内，该分区内陆人口较为稀少的普查区淀粉样变性的发病率要高得多。根据观察到的病例地理分布，讨论了可能与巴布亚新几内亚淀粉样变性常见发生相关的病因因素。
