Dermatoglyphics in medical disorders
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (836 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0387075550 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 258 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"A lost talent" according to Debbie Redelman. Blanka is thorough not only in her embryogenesis and description of palmer ridges, but also in techniques of recording. Following this, she develops aspects of Medical Disorders and their distinct palmar representation. It is succinct, readable and accurate. She has managed to classify a complex subject clearly and usefully. It is a shame that these concepts have been left behind in a world which diagnoses abnormalities based on lab results.
The anatomist Bidloo provided a description of ridge detail in the seventeenth cen tury. Widespread medical interest in epidermal ridges de veloped only in the last several decades when it became apparent that many patients with chromosomal aberrations had unusual ridge formations. It is grooved by curious ridges, which form a variety of configurations. For the last century, the fact that each individual's ridge configurations are unique has been uti lized as a means of personal identification especially by law enforce ment officials. However, the promise was only partially fulfilled because of the inherent variability of skin ridge configurations. Since then, additional information has been added by anthro pologists, biologists, and geneticists. Patients and clinicians became somewhat disenchanted with the clinical value of studying ridges.. They have also evoked the serious interest of scientists for more than three centuries. It was possible to draw conclusions about ridge ab normalities in groups of patients but not always in a given individual. Inspection of skin ridges, therefore, promised to provide a simple, inexpensive means for determining whether a given patient had a particu