title: Prevalence of multiple sclerosis in the Parsis of Bombay.
abstract: We carried out a door-to-door-survey to screen a community of 14,010 people (Parsis living in colonies in Bombay, India) for possible neurologic diseases, and used defined diagnostic criteria to evaluate people who tested positive on the screening survey. There were three clinically definite cases of multiple sclerosis (21/100,000). This is the first prevalence survey for multiple sclerosis in a large developing country.
authors: Department of Neuroepidemiology, Bombay Hospital, India.
authors: N E
authors: NE
authors: Bharucha
authors: E P
authors: EP
authors: Bharucha
authors: N H
authors: NH
authors: Wadia
authors: B S
authors: BS
authors: Singhal
authors: A E
authors: AE
authors: Bharucha
authors: A V
authors: AV
authors: Bhise
authors: J F
authors: JF
authors: Kurtzke
authors: B S
authors: BS
authors: Schoenberg
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007492:Iran / Q000208:ethnology; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D012067:Religion; D014481:United States