Modifications of dermatoglyphics in thyreopathy.

Examination of the digito-palmar and plantar dermatoglyphics of 50 thyreopathic women revealed no statistically significant variations depending on the clinical form of thyreopathy, for the quantitative aspects of digito-palmar and plantar dermatoglyphics. Qualitative determatoglyphic differences were found (reoccurrence of the patterns on areas of the palm and plant) according to the clinical form of thyreopathy. These differences are more obvious in Graves's disease patients which may support the idea of a hereditary factor implied in the disease.