title: Prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in the Parsi community of Bombay.
abstract: We carried out a door-to-door survey to screen for neurologic diseases, including peripheral neuropathy, in a community of 14,010 Parsis living in housing colonies in Bombay, India. The most common neurologic disorder was peripheral neuropathy with 334 cases (2,384 cases/100,000 population). The most common neuropathy was compressive, with diabetes the most common noncompressive etiology. There was no leprosy, and nutritional neuropathies were rare.
authors.affiliation: Neuroepidemiology Department, Bombay Hospital, India.
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Bharucha
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Bharucha
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Bharucha
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007492:Iran / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D015995:Prevalence; D012067:Religion; D012737:Sex Factors