Modifications of dermatoglyphics in thyreopathy
Ciovîrnache, M.; Stancu, H.; Grecu, E.; Simescu, M.
Endocrinologie 16(4): 277-286
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0253-1801 PMID: 581619 Document Number: 138056
Examination of the digito-palmar and plantar dermatoglyphics of 50 thyreopathic women revealed no statistically significant variations, depending on the clinical form of thyreopathy, for the quantitative aspects of digito-palmar and plantar dermatoglyphics. Qualitative determatoglyphic differences were found (reoccurrence of the patterns on areas of the palm and plant) according to the clinical form of thyreopathy. These differences are more obvious in Graves's disease patients, which may support the idea of a hereditary factor implied in the disease.