Dermatoglyphs of Chinese children and Down's syndrome.

Medical Disorders with Associated Dermatoglyphic Abnormalities

“…The single crease is virtually never observed in normal Bryant et al (1970) individuals but occurs in approximately 20-30 percent of patients (Table 6.20). The single crease is virtually never observed in normal Bryant et al (1970) individuals but occurs in approximately 20-30 percent of patients (Table 6.20).…”

Parent-offspring resemblance of palmar and plantar dermatoglyphic patterns in Down syndrome

“…Epstein's dictum, "a state of chromosome imbalance does not operate in a vacuum" (Epstein, 1986, p 187), mainly rested on findings in animal model trisomies, but data on ethnic variation (Shiono et al, 1969;Bryant et al, 1970;Reed, 1991) also support his claim. Studies in DS families contribute further to this basic problem.…”

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

“…We then tested on this score 472 individuals [Walker and Johnson, 1964;Bryant et at., 1970;Steinberg et at., 1971;Walker et at., 1973] who were different than the basic group as regards their ethnic origin and sex. Further, we have tested the data obtained on 96 white male controls.…”

“…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.…”

“…In an effort to determine this influence, dermatoglyphic prints from several ethnic groups were studied. These included a group of US Whites without regard to ethnic background, US Blacks [Steinberg et at., 1971], Chinese [Bryant et at., 1970], Danish [W alk er et at., 1973] and Italian [W alk er and J o h n so n , 1964] patients having Down syndrome. There were controls in each of the first three groups but not for the Danish and Italian populations.…”