PREVALENCE OF ESSENTIAL TREMOR IN THE PARSI COMMUNITY OF BOMBAY, INDIA
PREVALENCE OF ESSENTIAL TREMOR IN THE PARSI COMMUNITY OF BOMBAY, INDIA
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DOI:
10.1001/archneur.1988.00520320105023
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发表时间:
1988-08-01
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通讯作者:
SCHOENBERG, BS
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作者:
BHARUCHA, NE;BHARUCHA, EP;SCHOENBERG, BS
A door-to-door survey for neurologic diseases was conducted in a community of 14 010 people (Parsis living in colonies in Bombay, India). Neurologists used defined diagnostic criteria to evaluate persons with positive results on the screening survey. Two hundred thirty-three people (104 men; 129 women) were identified as having essential tremor. The overall prevalence ratio was 1591.7 per 100 000 population. Age-specific prevalence ratios increased with age. Age-adjusted prevalence ratios were similar for men and women. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first community-based survey for essential tremor in Asia.