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A Preliminary Report

JAMES W. BURKS, Jr., M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1958;77(1):8-11.

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The observations herein recorded were made during studies, which are still in progress, of the effect of dermabrasion on the dermal components of the skin.

A fingerprint is the impression made on any surface by the epidermal ridges of the distal phalanx of a finger. Because of the variability of the features in a single ridge and the diversity of patterns from one ridge to another, it is unlikely that any two patterns are identical. According to Hale,¹ this basic dermatoglyphic configuration is completed at about the 18th or 19th week of fetal life and thereafter changes only in growth. Those further interested in the subject of dermatoglyphics may consult the pioneer classical reports of Cummins and Midlo.²

Earlier studies have shown the pathologic state of the healed, planed site to resemble that of a scar without the clinical appearance of cicatricial tissue.³ During the first . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
New Orleans

From the Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine and Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Oct. 29, 1957.

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