Dermatoglyphic patterns of fingers were studied in two hundred and fif
ty patients of various subtypes of schizophrenia and ninety normal con
trol subjects. The difference between the males and female dermatoglyp
hic patterns in the schizophrenic and controls was found to be non sig
nificant. No difference was also found between the fingerprint pattern
s in patients of various subtypes of schizophrenia.