A dermatoglyphic study of autistic patients

Abstract

Dermatolglyphic patterns of autistic children were compared to those of control subjects matched socioeconomically and by age and sex. Analysis of dermal ridge patterns and ridge counts resulted in significant differences between the 78 autistic and 78 normal children. Differences from normal expectation in the autistic children were most apparent in the reduced number of whorls and increased number of arches, in lowered ridge counts, and in less distinctness in formation of ridge line. The number of dermal ridges on autistic hands was much lower for each finger as well as for the total hand. Moreover, covariance of the contribution of increased numbers of arches failed to alter the significance of findings of general reduction of ridge count in the autistic sample. Other abnormalities of ridge structure among the autistics were noted and described. Complete absence of transverse crease in this sample was combined with other dermatoglyphic evidence to argue for the separateness of autism from other pathological syndromes. It was concluded that evidence was sufficient to indicate the existence of congenital factors in the etiology of autism.

Mild Dermatoglyphic Deviations in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Average Intellectual Abilities as Compared to Typically Developing Boys

“…ASD in this paper is used as an umbrella term and refers to autistic disorder, Asperger syndrome, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). Children with ASD were found to have more arches and fewer whorls than typically developing (TD) children [ 32 ]. A study of children with intellectual disability (ID) also found more arches, the simplest fingerprint pattern, and more abnormal PFC patterns [ 33 ].…”

“…A study of children with intellectual disability (ID) also found more arches, the simplest fingerprint pattern, and more abnormal PFC patterns [ 33 ]. Palmar atd-angles are smaller in patients with ASD compared to TD children (e.g., [ 32 ]). Not all studies, however, agree on this finding [ 34 ].…”

Can Cheiromancy Predict Mean Survival or Fatality of a Patient with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis?

“…They evaluated 100 autopsies and found that length of right hand life line and age at death were statistically correlated even though according to Karnick, person's longevity is influenced by the heart line. 1,19 Various other studies have associated dermatoglyphic patterns with dental caries, 20 gynecological cancers, 21 autism, 22 nonsyndromic cleft lip, 23 and breast cancer. 24,25 In current study, the palmist took into consideration the color pattern, tone of palm, as well as skin pattern of palm in predicting the survival and condition of patient.…”

Social functioning and brain structure in adolescents and young adults with isolated cleft lip and palate

“…Examples of atypical patterns are single transverse crease in the hand palm, and an arch-like fingerprint patterns (Scott et al, 2005;Vormittag, Weninger, Hollmann, & Hoffmann, 1979;Woolf & Gianas, 1976). These atypical patterns are also more common in other congenital disorders such as Down's Syndrome and autism (Dar, Schmidt, & Nitowsky, 1977;Walker, 1977). The observation of abnormalities in hair and teeth in congenital disorders that affect the brain can be explained by the shared ectodermal origin of all these organs.…”

“…On the other hand, malformations that affect both the CNS and the urinary system are relatively rare (Mueller, et al, 2007). It is therefore common to see patients with congenital brain malformations to present with a number of abnormalities such as closely spaced eyes (i.e., hypotelorism) (DeMyer, 1975;Demyer, Palmer, & Zeman, 1964), abnormalities in the number of digits (e.g., Cornelia de Lange syndrome) atypical fingerprint patterns (i.e., dermatoglyphics) (Walker, 1977) and unusual hair growth and color, such as atypical hair whorls (Furdon & Clark, 2003).…”