@article{487, keywords = {Age Factors, Humans, India, Iran, Middle Aged, Nerve Compression Syndromes, Peripheral Nervous System Diseases, Prevalence, Religion, Sex Factors}, author = {Bharucha N E and Bharucha A E and Bharucha E P}, 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.

}, year = {1991}, journal = {Neurology}, volume = {41}, pages = {1315-7}, month = {1991 Aug}, issn = {0028-3878}, doi = {10.1212/wnl.41.8.1315}, language = {eng}, }