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Dermatoglyphic patterns in schizophrenic patients
Author(s) -
Varma S. L.,
Chary T. V. R.,
Singh S.,
Azhar M.Z.,
Dharap A.S.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1995.tb09770.x
Subject(s) - dermatoglyphics , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychology , audiology , medicine , psychiatry , biology , genetics
Schizophrenics ( n = 250) and normal controls ( n = 90) were studied to investigate and compare their dermatoglyphic patterns. Their fingerprint patterns were studied. The frequency of arches in the patient and control groups was similar. The frequency of loops in the control group was higher than in the patient group, and the trend was consistent in all the digits. The whorls in the patient group showed an increase over the control group in all the digits, although this finding was not statistically significant.