SUMMARY Dermatoglyphics form in utero during early gestation and may be influenced by genetic or environmental factors operating at that time. Since cardiac embryogenesis also occurs during early gestation, an analysis of dermatoglyphics in congenital heart disease (CHD) miight reveal some types which are associated with aberrant dermato-glyphics. Ten dermatoglyphic traits were analyzed in 225 ...

Dermatoglyphics is important in anthropology and medical genetics, chiefly because of their diagnostic usefulness. We studied the ridges of finger tips and palm in six Klinefelter's syndrome patients (47,XXY) in the present work. Then the results were compared with equal number of controls. Statistical analysis was done using EPI- info, version- 6.04 d software. We found statistically significa...

About 15% of all females and 3% of all males suffers from hypothyreosis. The thyroid disease is the most frequent cause of hypothyreosis, and among people in Croatia who are suffering from that disease 90% have been affected by its autoimmune form. The thyroid diseases are supposed to be caused by the influence of various genetic and external factors and some forms of genetic influences have no...

Dermatoglyphjc features of 50 ICD-9 diagnosed female catatonic schizophrenic patients in the age range of 15-60 years were compared with those ethnically matched controls of the same sex. Patients were found to differ from controls in qualitative as well as quantitative features. Most of the differences matched well with the previous studies.

Fluctuating asymmetry of bilateral morphological traits is the result of prenatal developmental instability and has been shown to be greater in organisms having more homozygous genotypes (aabb vs. AaBb, for example). This expected increase in fluctuating asymmetry has been found among individuals having a high degree of liability for schizophrenia, as this disorder appears to have a polygenic b...

A typical feature of Kindler Syndrome is skin fragility; this condition in currently classified as a form of epidermolysis bullosa. We describe a rarely reported feature of two cases, one sporadic and one familial; both patients noticed acquired adermatoglyphia. The loss of dermatoglyphics could be an additional feature of this syndrome.