FINGER AND PALMAR DERMATOGLYPHICS IN CONGENITAL TALIPES EQUINO VARUS

Finger and palm prints of 50 CTEV (Congenital Talipes Equino Varus) pa tients were collected and analysed for various dermatoglyphic features and compared with the control series comprising of 57 individuals fro m the same region, Among the features which appear to be most signific antly correlated with CTEV are, (i) a distinctly high value of mean a- b. b-c and c-d ridge counts on palm and (ii) a clear tendency for prox imal displacement of the axial triradius and a considerably lowered va lue of mean atd. angle.