%0 Journal Article %1 Razdan1994 %A Razdan, S. %A Kaul, R. L. %A Motta, A. %A Kaul, S. %A Bhatt, R. K. %D 1994 %J Neuroepidemiology %K Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Cerebral Palsy; Cerebrovas; Epilepsy; Female; Humans; India; Male; Mental Retardation; Middle Mutism; Parkinson Disease; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases; Sex Spinal Cord Compression; cular Disorders %N 3 %P 113--119 %T Prevalence and pattern of major neurological disorders in rural Kashmir (India) in 1986. %V 13 %X In 1986 in the Kuthar Valley in the Anantnag District of south Kashmir (northwestern India), we studied the population to ascertain the prevalence and pattern of various neurological diseases. A house-to-house survey was done in a rural population of 63,645 (according to a World Health Organization protocol, 1981). 616 cases of major neurological disorders were detected, yielding a prevalence of ratio of 9.67/1,000 as of prevalence day November 1, 1986. The prevalence ratios for various common neurological disorders were: epilepsy 2.47/1,000; stroke 1.43/1,000; paralytic poliomyelitis 2.18/1,000; mental retardation 2.09/1,000; deaf mutism 1.63/1,000, and cerebral palsy 1.24/1,000. Persons with these conditions constituted 92\% of all neurological cases. Patients with motor neuron disease, Alzheimer's dementia or multiple sclerosis were not found.

@article{Razdan1994, abstract = {In 1986 in the Kuthar Valley in the Anantnag District of south Kashmir (northwestern India), we studied the population to ascertain the prevalence and pattern of various neurological diseases. A house-to-house survey was done in a rural population of 63,645 (according to a World Health Organization protocol, 1981). 616 cases of major neurological disorders were detected, yielding a prevalence of ratio of 9.67/1,000 as of prevalence day November 1, 1986. The prevalence ratios for various common neurological disorders were: epilepsy 2.47/1,000; stroke 1.43/1,000; paralytic poliomyelitis 2.18/1,000; mental retardation 2.09/1,000; deaf mutism 1.63/1,000, and cerebral palsy 1.24/1,000. Persons with these conditions constituted 92\% of all neurological cases. Patients with motor neuron disease, Alzheimer's dementia or multiple sclerosis were not found.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T21:07:40.000+0200}, author = {Razdan, S. and Kaul, R. L. and Motta, A. and Kaul, S. and Bhatt, R. K.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b2d1203d7220a239a128e733c80c911f/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {4155585522866255523f52ff6921af4f}, intrahash = {b2d1203d7220a239a128e733c80c911f}, journal = {Neuroepidemiology}, keywords = {Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Cerebral Palsy; Cerebrovas; Epilepsy; Female; Humans; India; Male; Mental Retardation; Middle Mutism; Parkinson Disease; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases; Sex Spinal Cord Compression; cular Disorders}, number = 3, pages = {113--119}, pmid = {8015664}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T21:07:40.000+0200}, title = {Prevalence and pattern of major neurological disorders in rural Kashmir (India) in 1986.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 13, year = 1994 }