Article
A contribution to genetic etiology of complex regional pain syndrome type I (algodystropy syndrome) based on quantitative analysis of digitopalmar dermatoglyphics in sixty men.
Reumatizam - 1 Jan 2005
Cvjeticanin Miljenko, Jajić Zrinka, Jajić Ivo
Abstract excerpt
The patterns of the ridges of the skin of the fingers and palms were determined in sixty men with complex regional pain syndrome (type I) as a measure of disease prevention. The study included 25 dermatoglyphic traits: number of epidermal ridges on all ten fingers; their sum for five and ten fingers; four traits on both palms, i.e. between a-b, b-c and c-d triradii; atd angles: and their bilateral sum. The data...
Topics
- Dermatoglyphics
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy