Dermatoglyphics in medicine.
The relative frequencies of various dermatoglyphic features have been reviewed for chromosomal disorders. When combined with other clinical features of a particular disease, dermatoglyphics can serve to strengthen a diagnostic impression and may be useful in screening select individuals for additional diagnostic studies.
D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002901:Chromosomes, Human, 13-15; D002904:Chromosomes, Human, 21-22 and Y; D003410:Cri-du-Chat Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007713:Klinefelter Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D014314:Trisomy; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis