Thirty-seven palm prints and 30 sole prints of people with 9p trisomy (a chromosomal anomaly associated with abnormal limb development) were analysed with respect to frequency distribution of loops and triradii on palms, soles, and fingertips, as well as of the total pattern types. (Author)

Presented is a case study of a family in which a pair of twins have epiloia (characterized by epilepsy, abnormal skin pigmentation, and severe mental retardation). (DB)

Summarized are clinical findings (including chromosome analysis and dermatoglyphics, as well as cytogenic findings in relatives) on five female and three male patients (age 15 years or older) with the cat cry or cri du chat syndrome. (KW)

Described are four cases of 9p trisomy (a chromosomal translocation resulting in severe mental retardation and physical abnormalities in four females from one family. (CL)

Presented is the case history of a severely mentally retarded patient with a 49, XXXXY chromosome pattern. (DB)

Reported was the medical case history of an 11-year-old profoundly retarded boy in which his micropolygyric frontal cortex was found to reveal three chemical changes. (CB)

Described are the physical and genetic factors in a case of Hallermann-Streiff Syndrome (characterized by dwarfism and other anomalies, with or without retardation) in an 11-year old severely physically and mentally handicapped Irish girl. (CL)

Presented is the first documented occurrence of a type of convolution of the scalp tissue, termed cutis verticis gyrata, in a Chinese retardate (male, age 20 years). (CL)