Dermatoglyphics in Down's syndrome. II.
- 1 July 1973
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Genetics
- Vol. 4 (4) , 318-327
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-0004.1973.tb01926.x
Abstract
A number of methods developed in different countries for the use of dermatoglyphics as an objective test for the confirmation of the clinical diagnosis of Down's syndrome were evaluated for a group of 308 Dutch individuals. Optimal results were obtained by the approach proposed at John Hopkins University (U.S.A.). The Hopkins composite score correctly scored 97.7 % of the individuals tested, whereas the Hopkins single pattern scoring method correctly scored 95.5 % of individuals. A simplified use of scoring methods is proposed in a forthcoming paper.Keywords
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