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Loss of the dactylogram during senility Pérdida del dactilograma durante la senilidad
Fecha
2018Registro en:
International Journal of Morphology, Volumen 36, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 258-261
07179502
07179367
10.4067/S0717-95022018000100258
Autor
Silva R., Juan Luis
Rojas, Mariana
Araya, Claudia
Barraza, Nicolás
Institución
Resumen
© 2018, Universidad de la Frontera. All rights reserved. The dactylogram is of one´s own human skin and can be observed in the volar face of fingers, palms of hands and soles of feet, it is characterized by having a unique and distinguishable order. This pattern is fundamental in human identification because it is unique, particular, immutable, perennial, easy to observe, compare and store. Changes in senile skin have been described, but few have observed the loss of this pattern. Our objective was to evidence the loss of the dactylogram in Chilean senile individuals and establish if age and sex are variables related to this phenomenon. The sample included 487 individuals (120 men and 367 women) between the ages of 55 to 107 years. In them the presence or absence of dactylogram on the palmar face of the thumbs was recorded. The obtained data were processed statistically. It was determined that age is a variable related to the loss of the dactylogram and that the older the subject, the