Comparative Dermatoglyphic Study between Autistic Patients and Normal People in Iran

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder originating from early childhood; nevertheless, its diagnosis is in older ages. In addition to heredity, environmental factors are also of great significance in the etiology of the disease. Dermatoglyphic patterns, albeit varied, remain stable for a lifetime a...

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Published in:Iranian journal of medical sciences 2017-07, Vol.42 (4), p.392-396
Main Authors: Kazemi, Mansoureh, Fayyazi-Bordbar, Mohammad Reza, Mahdavi-Shahri, Nasser
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Autism
Autistic disorder
Binomial distribution
Brief Report
Child
Dermatoglyphics
Development and progression
Diagnosis
Epidemiology
Fingerprint
Fingerprinting
Fingers & toes
Neurodevelopmental disorders
Risk
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Summary:Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder originating from early childhood; nevertheless, its diagnosis is in older ages. In addition to heredity, environmental factors are also of great significance in the etiology of the disease. Dermatoglyphic patterns, albeit varied, remain stable for a lifetime and yield a large number of patterns upon examination. Studies have shown a significant association between dermatoglyphics and some diseases, especially genetic ones. We compared fingerprints between patients with autism and normal individuals in a Fars population living in Khorasan-Razavi Province, Iran, in 2015. The right and left hand fingerprints of 104 autistic individuals (case group; age range=5-15 y) were collected using a fingerprint scanner. The same process was performed for 102 healthy individuals, in the age range of 6 to 25 years. All dermatoglyphic patterns and ridge counts were determined. The data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney nonparametric test and binomial distribution. There was a significant difference in the distribution of the dermatoglyphic patterns on the right and left thumbs and the index fingers between the case and control groups (P
ISSN:0253-0716
1735-3688