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A dermatoglyphic study of 219 Italian schizophrenic males
Author(s) -
Kemali D.,
Polani N.,
Polani P. E.,
Amati A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
clinical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1399-0004
pISSN - 0009-9163
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1976.tb01549.x
Subject(s) - pathognomonic , palm , dermatoglyphics , ridge , anatomy , medicine , demography , biology , genetics , paleontology , disease , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology
The quantitative and qualitative finger and palm ridge characteristics of a sample of Italian schizophrenic males showed minor deviations which were neither pathognomonic of the illness as a whole, nor of its Leonhard sub‐groups. In essence there was a slight tendency for an increase in finger loops, particularly on middle fingers, with a decrease of whorls, and the palmar ridges tended to a more transverse course than usual. Compared with two sets of controls there was an excess of short schizophrenic males.