DERMATOGLYPHIC PATTERNS IN SCHIZOPHRENIC-PATIENTS

Authors
VARMA SL CHARY TVR SINGH S AZHAR MZ DHARAP AS
Citation
Sl. Varma et al., DERMATOGLYPHIC PATTERNS IN SCHIZOPHRENIC-PATIENTS, Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica, 91(3), 1995, pp. 213-215
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica → ACNP
ISSN journal
0001690X
Volume
91
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
213 - 215
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-690X(1995)91:3<213:DPIS>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Schizophrenics (n = 250) and normal controls (n = 90) were studied to investigate and compare their dermatoglyphic patterns. Their fingerpri nt patterns were studied. The frequency of arches in the patient and c ontrol 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 ov er the control group in all the digits, although this finding was not statistically significant.