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Finger ridge-counts of 109 45,X Turner's syndrome patients were compared to normal controls by means of discriminant functions. Each subject was represented by 20 variables, a radial and an ulnar count for each digit. Not only do Turner patients exhibit larger counts, but the distribution of counts over the digits is altered considerably. The Turnernormal differences appear to correspond to previously defined developmental fields.
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Jantz, R.L., Ranyard, G.C. & Owsley, D.W. Finger ridge-count variation in 45,X Turner's syndrome. Hum Genet 57, 376–379 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00281688
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