DERMATOGLYPHIC ANALYSES OF 24 INDIVIDUALS WITH THE PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME
- 28 June 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
- Vol. 26 (2) , 91-99
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1982.tb00132.x
Abstract
Dermatoglyphic parameters of 24 PWS [Prader-Willi Syndrome] individuals, 14 males, 10 females, were examined using standard techniques. Nomenclature followed that of Schaumann et Alter. There were no differences found in the position of the axial triradius or the frequency of hypothenar patterns, but there was a decrease in fingertip ulnar loop patterns in both sexes with an increase in whorls in males (P < 0.01) and whorls and arches in females (P < 0.05). In males, the main line A terminated in the thenar area on the left palm more frequently than in the controls (P < 0.01) and generally the main line A terminated low in both sexes. The total finger ridge counts were not different from controls, indicating smaller than usual pattern size. Of 48 hallucal patterns, 26 were loops, 21 were whorls and there was 1 arch. There are no pathognomonic dermatoglyphic distortions in PWS.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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