ABSTRACT
The palmar and plantar dermatoglyphics were studied in 30 male children affected with G6PD deficiency, their mothers who were taken as obligate carriers and their 17 unaffected male sibs. The results were compared with those of 420 normal persons as control group. Certain significant dermatogiyphic features were detected both in the patients and their mothers but not in their unaffected male sibs. These features may be due to the association or linkage between the mutant X-linked gene of G6PD and one or more of the genes controlling the development of dermal ridge patterns However, the similarity of the findings of the patients and carriers led us to suggest taking these features to identify the carriers in a family having a patient with G6PD deficiency