Dermatoglyphic finding in mentally retarded, otosclerotic and amblyopic [impaired hearing and vision] children of Upper Egypt

Dermatoglyphic analysis was performed on a total of 142 children, 50 normal, 30 mentally retarded, 38 with impaired vision and 24 with impaired hearing. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the dermatoglyphic deviation is characteristic enough to be applied for a diagnostic purposes. The results of the data show some differences between these groups but the significance of these differences is not clear