Naslov
Dermatoglyphs and Brachial Plexus Palsy

Autori
Polovina, Svetislav ; Cvjetičanin, Miljenko ; Miličić, Jasna ; Polovina Prološčić, Tajana

Izvornik
Collegium Antropologicum (0350-6134) 30 (2006), 3; 559-563

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
dermatoglyphs; brachial plexus palsy; perinatal; genetic predisposition

Sažetak
Perinatal brachial plexus palsy (PBPP) is a handicap quite commonly encountered in daily routine. Although birth trauma is considered to be the major cause of the defect, it has been observed that PBPP occurs only in some infants born under identical or nearly identical conditions. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis of genetic predisposition for PBPP. While digito-palmar dermatoglyphs were already used to determine hereditary base of some diseases, in our study analysis of digito-palmar dermatoglyphs was made in 140 subjects, 70 males and 70 females, with PBPP. The control group was composed of fingerprints obtained from 400 adult and phenotypically healthy subjects, 200 males and 200 females from the Zagreb area. The results of multivariate and univariate analysis of variance have shown statistically significant differences between the groups observed. In spite of lower percentage of accurately classified female subjects by discriminant analysis, the results of quantitative analysis of digito-palmar dermatoglyphs appeared to suggest a genetic predisposition for the occurrence of PBPP.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Etnologija i antropologija

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