title: Dermatoglyphic patterns in schizophrenic patients.
abstract: Schizophrenics (n = 250) and normal controls (n = 90) were studied to investigate and compare their dermatoglyphic patterns. Their fingerprint patterns were studied. The frequency of arches in the patient and control 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 over the control group in all the digits, although this finding was not statistically significant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Varma
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Chary
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Azhar
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Dharap
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010641:Phenotype; D012016:Reference Values; D012307:Risk Factors; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology