Palmar creases and diseases: cancer and tuberculosis.
The palmar flexion creases of fully diagnosed patients of throat cancer (n = 120) and tuberculosis (n = 80) have been compared with a control group (n = 150) of the same stock. The palmar flexion creases of cancer and tuberculosis patients are significantly different from those of the control population.
D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000235:genetics*