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Finger-prints in Schizophrenia

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THE investigation of epidermal ridges (dermatoglyphics) by prints of the fingers, palms and soles has found increasing application in genetic research. Dermatoglyphic investigations in schizophrenia1–7 have been largely confined to the qualitative analysis of the finger-prints into pattern types. The results have been markedly inconsistent. The present investigation has attempted to resolve these inconsistencies by using a quantitative method of finger-print analysis, ridge counting. The sampling methods and diagnostic criteria, not described in the previous investigations, have been defined.

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MELLOR, C. Finger-prints in Schizophrenia. Nature 213, 939–940 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213939a0

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