01087nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653002000059653000900079653001100088653001200099100001300111700001600124700001100140700001300151700001700164700001500181700001600196245006200212300001100274490000700285050003200292520048300324022001400807       1985                            d  c1985 Oct-Dec10aDermatoglyphics10aHand10aHumans10aleprosy1 aGhei S K1 aGirdhar B K1 aRamu G1 aKatoch K1 aRamanathan U1 aSengupta U1 aDesikan K V00aDermatoglyphics in leprosy (II Metric analysis of palms).  a826-330 v57  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>A group of 100 leprosy patients consisting of 50 lepromatous (BL/LL) and 50 tuberculoid (BT/TT) were investigated for metric analysis of the patterns present on their palms. Hundred normal persons were also selected from the families of patients to serve as controls. BT/TT patients and controls did not show any significant difference in their palmar patterns. On the other hand, significant differences were observed in the patterns between BL/LL patients and controls.</p>  a0254-9395