The Palmar a-b Ridge Counts in Patients with Klinefelter’s Syndrome (47,XXY) among Japanese.

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Authors

Yosuke Komatz, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Osamu Yoshida, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Abstract

The palmar a-b ridge counts have been investigated in a series of 51 Japanese patients with Klinefelter’s syndrome. The mean total a-b ridge count was determined to be 72.51 in these patients, which did not differ significantly from mean counts obtained in normal Japanese male and female controls. It follows that the a-b ridge counts of Klinefelter’s syndrome among the Japanese are not as remarkably low as reported earlier.The palmar a-b ridge counts of Japanese victims of this congenital anomaly (47,XXY) are low as compared with White patients, possibly due to racial differences of a-b ridge counts between the Japanese and White populations.

Recommended Citation

Komatz, Yosuke and Yoshida, Osamu (1976) "The Palmar a-b Ridge Counts in Patients with Klinefelter’s Syndrome (47,XXY) among Japanese.," Human Biology: Vol. 48: Iss. 3, Article 13.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol48/iss3/13