Schizophrenic subjects were compared to normal and psychiatric control subjects for degree of fluctuating asymmetry in two dermatoglyphic traits, a-b ridge count and fingertip pattern. The schizophrenic group exhibited significantly greater fluctuating asymmetry than either control group. Furthermore, indicators of disease severity such as early onset and declining course of illness correlated ...

Background: Dermatoglyphics is widely used as a genetically determined trait in Anthropology. However, little is known about their pattern of inheritance due to lack of advanced statistical genetic model-fitting techniques despite the existence of advanced statistical packages. Objectives: The aim of the present study is to determine the mode of inheritance of dermatoglyphic traits through comp...

Dermatoglyphic anomalies are reported to occur at a higher rate in schizophrenic patients and schizotypic individuals than in the general population, supporting the hypothesis that they are a marker of vulnerability for such conditions. Dermatoglyphic anomalies are hypothesized to indicate severe disruptions in the second trimester of prenatal development, a time period that appears to be etiol...

The aim of the study was to compare quantitative dermatoglyphic traits of two ethnic groups with different origin and customs, living on the same territory. The dermatoglyphic prints were collected from 800 inhabitants of the Dukagjin valley in southwest Kosovo, of Albanian (400) and Turkish (400) ethnic origin. The quantitative analysis comprised the number of ridges and triradii on the finger...

Dermatoglyphics refers to study of the intricate dermal ridge configurations on the skin covering the palmar and plantar surfaces of hand and feet. It is a branch of physical anthropology, medicine and genetics. Dermatoglyphic patterns are assumed to be genetically controlled although the exact mechanism of inheritance in still unknown. After their complete formation, they are unaffected by the...

Background Dermatoglyphics could assist in the diagnosis of congenital abnormalities. The aim of this study was to identify the dermatoglyphic patterns (finger print pattern type, total ridge count of each finger, a-b ridge count, and articulotrochanteric distance [ATD angles]) in the parents of cystic fibrosis children. Materials and Methods We recruited 75 parents of children with cystic fibr...

The paper deals with an analysis of digito-palmar dermatoglyphics with the parents of 54 children with Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome) studied before [15]. The results obtained confirm the data found in the foreign specialised literature according to which many of the dermatoglyphic malformations present at children with Trisomy 21 can also be found to their apparently healthy parents but in a small...