title: [Use of a computer program (POSSUM) in examination of residents in a home for developmentally handicapped children and adults in Veternik-Novi Sad for occurrence and diagnostic significance of dysmorphologic signs on the skin].
abstract: The authors have examined frequency of dysmorphological signs by POSSUM at the Home for developmentally handicapped children and adults in Vetemik--Novi Sad. The aim was to establish possible different hereditary and congenital skin diseases and genetic syndromes in this population. The study was based on the following methods: method of family history including genealogy; dermatoglyphic methods; screening tests methodology in medical genetics; method of cytogenetic analysis; histo-pathological analysis; method of dermatovenerologic, genetic and dysmorphologic examinations of skin diseases by analysis of dysmorphological signs on the skin using a special computer programme. The study included 504 wards with 269 males and 235 females, and sex ratio of 1:1.14 in favour to males. Non-parametric statistics and Log-linear analysis revealed a statistically significant difference between the incidence of dysmorphological signs in the studied group and the Vojvodina population. The obtained incidence of dysmorphological signs in the examined group is presented in tables. Our results regarding the incidence of dysmorphological signs in the examined group showed significantly increased values in comparison to the population of Vojvodina.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatovenerology, Clinical Centre, Novi Sad.
authors.forename: Slobodan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stojanović
authors.forename: Aleksandar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krstić
authors.forename: Mirjana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poljacki
authors.forename: Sinica
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tasić
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D012112:Residential Facilities; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology