Dermatoglyphics in Klinefelter’s Syndrome (47, XXY)

Palmar dermatoglyphics of the patients with Klinefelter's syndrome (47,XXY)

“…In the present study, no particular tendency was observed in the patients with Klinefelter's syndrome. Holt (1968) and Cushman and Soltan (1969) reported that the frequency of the patterns in the thenar/first interdigital area (area I) was higher in the control than the patient group. Such findings could not be confirmed in the present materials.…”

“…The palmar pattern intensity represented by the number of loops per palm showed no significant difference between the patients and the control males and females (Table 3). Cushman and Soltan (1969) stated that hypothenar patterns and accompanying triradii were more abundant in XXY than in normal males, whereas Penrose and Loesch (1970) reported that they tended to be less frequent in XXY patients than in normal male and female controls. In the present study, no particular tendency was observed in the patients with Klinefelter's syndrome.…”

“…In the palmar patterns of this syndrome, no characteristic findings, such as the increased hypothenar patterns associated with an ulnar triradius seen in the XXYY type (Shiono et al,, 1977), have been noted (Schaumann and Alter, 1976). On the other hand, the frequencies of several palmar pattern elements in the XXY type were reported to be different from those of normal male and female subjects (Holt, 1968;Cushman and Soltan, 1969;Penrose and Loesch, 1970). The purpose of this study is, therefore, to clarify these contradictory findings.…”

Dermatoglyphs of Klinefelter's syndrome.

“…Penrose (1963) and Forbes (1964) found a low total ridge count and an increased number of arches on the fingers. On the other hand, Uchida and Soltan (1963) and Cushman and Soltan (1969) found no characteristic pattern in series of 14 and 55 patients, respectively.…”

“…Several studies on the dermatoglyphs in Klinefelter's syndrome have been reported (Penrose, 1963;Forbes, 1964;Uchida and Soltan, 1963;Holt, 1964Holt, , 1968Cushman and Soltan, 1969). Penrose (1963) and Forbes (1964) found a low total ridge count and an increased number of arches on the fingers.…”