XXXX --Indian experience.

@entity1 @entity1652 @entity15
@entity15 ( @entity15 ) does occur in India but it is rare. No epidemiological studies have been done. The calculations based on the hospital data suggest an approximate prevalence rate of 0.17 to 1.33 per 100,000 of population in different parts of India. One hundred and five @entity1 with clinically definite @entity15 (2 proven at autopsy) and 14 @entity1 with @entity1652 were seen in the Bombay region from 1957 to 1983. The mean age of onset for @entity15 @entity1 was 27.7 years. There were 60 female and 45 male @entity1 . The clinical data in this larger series confirm the conclusions reached earlier, namely that the Indian @entity15 @entity1 are more akin to those reported from Japan and other Asian countries as compared to the West. The relative incidence of @entity1652 was high (6%). The optico-spinal form of @entity15 was the commonest (71.4%). In @entity1 with clinically definite @entity15 there was a high incidence of optic nerve involvement, both at the onset and during the course of the disease; sensory level occurred in a large number of @entity1 and cerebellar involvement was less frequent. @entity15 in this series affected @entity1 of all communities and different dietary habits. @entity15 was more common in the higher socioeconomic group whereas @entity1652 was mainly seen in @entity1 in the low socioeconomic group.
