Dermatoglyphics in female catatonic schizophrenics.

Dermatoglyphjc features of 50 ICD-9 diagnosed female catatonic schizophrenic patients in the age range of 15-60 years were compared with those ethnically matched controls of the same sex. Patients were found to differ from controls in qualitative as well as quantitative features. Most of the differences matched well with the previous studies.