"New Guinea" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Originally an island of the Malay Archipelago, the second largest island in the world. It divided, West New Guinea becoming part of Indonesia and East New Guinea becoming Papua New Guinea.
| Descriptor ID |
D009512
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.586.650
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "New Guinea" by people in Profiles.
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Movement disorders in Kuru. Mov Disord. 1999 Sep; 14(5):800-4.