@article{Agarwal_Chowdhary_Agarwal_._Dhamdra_2011, title={DIGITAL DERMATOGLYPHICS IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER PATIENTS}, volume={25}, url={https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/103}, abstractNote={<p>Objective: <em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;">To find out the digital dermatoglyphics patterns in patients of head and neck cancer.</span></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;">Methodology: </span></em></span></em><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;">A total of 75 patients were included in the study compared with control group. Finger and palmar prints were taken from patients making the study group, suffering from head and neck cancer, undergoing treatment in the Mathura Das Mathur Hospital, Jodhpur. Students of first year Dr.Sampurnanand Medical College served as control. The study was conducted from March 2001 to December 2002.</span></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;">Results: </span></em></span></em><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;">The study reveals that out of 75 patients of head and neck cancer, the percentage of whorls present in thumb, index, middle, ring and little finger was 54%, 46.66%, 28.6%, 54.73%, 17.3% respectively. The percentage of ulnar loops were 42.6, 34.66, 63.3, 44.6, and 80.6 respectively, while the percentage of radial loops was 0.66%, 7.3%, 2%, 0.66%, 0.66% only in respective fingers. The percentage of arch was 2.66%, 11.3%, 6%, absent and 1.3%.</span></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;">Conclusion: </span></em></span></em><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;">Higher incidence of whorls was found in cases of head and neck malignancies</span></em></span></em><em><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,Italic; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span></em></p>}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute}, author={Agarwal, Ritu and Chowdhary, DS and Agarwal, Navneet and ., Rajnee and Dhamdra, Jaskran Singh}, year={2011}, month={Aug.} }