01259nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653002000059653001100079653001100090653001200101653000900113653001600122100001600138700001300154245006800167300001000235490000700245520077500252022001401027       1978                            d  c1978 Jan-Mar10aDermatoglyphics10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aSex Factors1 aEswaraiah G1 aBali R S00aPalmar flexion creases and dermatoglyphics in leprosy patients.  a56-600 v463 a<p>Palmar configurations of 115 male and 48 female leprosy patients were compared with 536 males and 426 female normal individuals of the same population. The data was derived from Nekararu (weavers) castes of Karnataka State, India. Among flexion creases, the single radial base crease (SRBC) especially showed more association with leprosy in both male and female patients than their respective controls. Among dermatoglyphics, only C-line types are significantly different in male leprosy patients as compared to their controls. The female patients also showed more C-absent lines than the control group. The susceptibility to bacterial infection may be due to some biologic deficiency which warrants continued investigation on a broader and more intensive basis.</p>  a0148-916X