[Palmar dermatoglyphics of schizophrenic patients].

The paper deals with a study of palmar dermatoglyphics in 1120 schizophrenic patients with different forms of its development. As a control group 1240 normals were studied as well. The females displayed an increased frequency of patterns Au/Ac on the hypothenar and defective patterns on the thenar. Among the males there was an increased amount of displasia, genuine and defective patterns on the thenar, of the loops in III interfinger spaces. These differences are encountered more frequently in patients with progressive forms of schizophrenia.