Palmar ridge appearances in normal newborn infants and ridge appearance in relation to eccrine sweating.
Epidermal ridge appearances over the palm in twenty normal newborn infants are described. No clear-cut relationship between ridge appearance and sweating was found although cross ridge flattening was always associated with a negative o-phthaliadehyde sweat test.
D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D012867:Skin / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013546:Sweating
D012826:Silicone Elastomers