RT - Journal Article T1 - Comparison of Fingerprint of Hemophilic Patients and Normal Population JF - Babol-Jbums YR - 2013 JO - Babol-Jbums VO - 15 IS - 5 UR - http://jbums.org/article-1-4522-en.html SP - 65 EP - 71 K1 - Hemophilia K1 - Factor VIII deficiency K1 - Dermatoglyphics K1 - Dermatoglyph K1 - Fingerprint. AB - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: One third of hemophilia cases occur without family history due to spontaneous gene mutation and it could cause a delay in diagnosis at birth. Since fingerprint is a unique identifier to an individual, the aim of this study was to compare the fingerprint of hemophilic patients and normal population.METHODS: This case control study was conducted on 62 hemophilia patients who had referred to the Arak Hemophilia Center (case group) and 62 normal persons (control group). The type of fingerprint of each finger was determined by an expert forensic scientist using advanced Henry method. According to this method, the fingerprint types are classified to arch, loop, whorl and others and the two groups were compared.FINDINGS: The loop type was the commonest fingerprint in control group (65%) and the whorl type was the most common type in hemophilic patients (34%) (p< 0.001). In all fingers, the average number of loop type was significantly higher in control group than other group (6.5±2.6 vs. 2.9±1.6, p LA eng UL http://jbums.org/article-1-4522-en.html M3 10.18869/acadpub.jbums.15.5.65 ER -