Hartin P J, Barry R J
J Autism Dev Disord. 1979 Sep;9(3):233-46. doi: 10.1007/BF01531738.
Dermatoglyphic comparisons were made among 32 autistic children aged from 4-10 to 18-11; sex-, age-, and IQ-matched retarded children; and sex- and age-matched normal children. Significant differences were found between the autistic and normal children for distribution of dermal patterns and ridge line disruption, but no significant differences were found for the total mean ridge counts or mean ridge count rankings. Apart from the right hand of the autistic children, there were no unusual scores for digital dispersion ratios. Autistic and retarded children differed only in their distribution of dermal patterns, with the autistic children apparently intermediate between retarded and normal groups. These results indicate that conclusions of unique congenital disturbance in the etiology of autism inferred from different dermatoglyphics may be premature, and that dermatoglyphics may be ineffective in delineating autistic children from other atypical populations.
对32名年龄在4至10岁至18至11岁之间的自闭症儿童、性别、年龄和智商匹配的智障儿童以及性别和年龄匹配的正常儿童进行了皮纹比较。自闭症儿童与正常儿童在皮肤纹理分布和嵴线中断方面存在显著差异，但在总平均嵴数或平均嵴数排名方面未发现显著差异。除自闭症儿童的右手外，指分散率没有异常分数。自闭症儿童和智障儿童仅在皮肤纹理分布上有所不同，自闭症儿童显然介于智障和正常组之间。这些结果表明，从不同皮纹学推断出自闭症病因中独特先天性干扰的结论可能为时过早，并且皮纹学在区分自闭症儿童与其他非典型人群方面可能无效。
