Dermatoglyphics of Down's Syndrome in Japan

Shiono, Hiroshi; Kadowaki, Junichi; Kasahara, Shoichi

doi:10.1620/tjem.99.107

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“…The elevated frequency of loop associated with decrease of whorls which is also similar to the observation made out by Holt [5] and Shiono et al [6]. A marked increase in the ulnar loop on the fingertips is virtually a constant feature of the dermatoglyphics in Down's syndrome.…”

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confidence: 87%

Dermatoglyphics Study in Children With Mental Retardation

N¹,

Dhanalakshmi²

2017

IJAR

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Dermatoglyphics Study in Children With Mental Retardation

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Dhanalakshmi²

2017

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“…In the present cases, some of the dermatoglyphic features outlined above are types that occur more frequently in Down syndrome (Matsui, 1978;Matsui et aI., 1966;Shiono et al, 1969;Schaumann and Alter, 1976), whereas some other features characteristic of this syndrome, such as distal displacement of the axial triradius, were not observed. The appearance of the ridges did not seem to be unusual.…”

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Dermatoglyphics of two fetuses with trisomy 21 diagnosed by amniocentesis

1981

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SummaryDermatoglyphic examinations were undertaken on the dermal surfaces of two fetuses at the 20th and 22nd week, respectively, from the onset of the last menstrual periods. The fetuses were diagnosed as cases of trisomy 21 by amniocentesis, and abortions were induced.Although the dermatoglyphics of the fetus have been studied by some workers (Miller, 1968;Okajima, 1975), dermatoglyphic examinations have not been widely applied in fetuses with chromosomal anomalies. In a comprehensive study on spontaneous abortuses and stillbirths, Poland and Lowry (1974) observed dermatoglyphic features typical of some trisomies in three stillborn infants in which karyotyping was not successful. However, they recognized that dermatoglyphic analysis was difficult in many cases due to maceration of the skin. Recently, Suzumori (1980) reported his dermatoglyphic findings in five fetuses with different chromosomal aberrations karyotyped by amniocentesis.The present report describes the dermatoglyphic data obtained in two fetuses in which karyotypes were determined as trisomy 21 by amniocentesis. MATERIALS AND METHODSThe pregnancies were artificially terminated due to the results of karyotyping by amniocentesis at the 137th day from the onset of the last menstrual period in Case 1 and at the 152nd day in Case 2. The karyotypes of both fetuses were reaffirmed after abortion by the culture of skin fibroblasts. The fetuses were fixed with 10~ formalin after autopsy, and then the hands and feet were delivered to us for dermatoglyphic examination.

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“…It is not indicated whether and how many of these 40 mongoloids were karyotyped and were in fact of trisomy 21 type. We had found and have indicated in our first study [Bor- Shiono et al, 1969], Chinese [Bryant et a l, 1970], but only W alker and J o h n son [1964] present data about the discrepancy observed when an index [W a lk er , 1957, 1958] was used.…”

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“…Studies of W alk er and J ohnson [1964] pointed out the 1 Based in part on a study presented at the 3rd International Conference on Dermato glyphics and the 4th International Congress of Human Genetics held in Paris in Sep tember 1971. difficulties they had experienced when testing Down syndrome patients of Italian origin in Toronto on W a lk er 's [1957,1958] index. Various other dermatoglyphic studies on Down syndrome patients have been conducted in several ethnic groups, e.g., Japanese [F u jit a , 1969; Shiono et at., 1969], Chinese [Bryant et at., 1970], Indian [Saksena et at., 1966], and British [Fa n g , 1960;H o l t , 1964], and present data both for and against ethnic variations in Down syndrome patients. H o lt [1964,1970] analyzed the finger-print patterns in mongolism and treated the sexes separately.…”

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Evaluation of Dermal Patterns in the Diagnosis of the Down Syndrome by Predictive Discrimination

Borgaonkar¹,

Bolling²,

Herr³

1973

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Variations in dermal patterns have been reported between the sexes and among ethnic groups. The hypothesis that our diagnostic scoring method for Down syndrome overrides such variations was tested. A score composed from White American males was tested on individuals of both sexes from several ethnic groups such as Danish, Italian, Chinese and Blacks and Whites from the United States. No statistical differences were found among the mean scores of the control groups or among the Down syndrome patient groups. The classification of Down syndrome patients from nonpatients and vice versa was fairly uniform in all the groups tested. The discriminating power of the score is as good or better in these other ethnic groups as it was in the original samples from which the score was constructed, thus supporting our hypothesis.

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Dermatoglyphics of Down's Syndrome in Japan

Cited by 14 publications

References 2 publications

Dermatoglyphics Study in Children With Mental Retardation

Dermatoglyphics Study in Children With Mental Retardation

Dermatoglyphics of two fetuses with trisomy 21 diagnosed by amniocentesis

Evaluation of Dermal Patterns in the Diagnosis of the Down Syndrome by Predictive Discrimination

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