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Scientific Hand Charts Collection:
Edwards syndrome, a.k.a. trsomy 18 / trisomy E!


Publication: november 14, 2015

3 Hand Charts for Edwards syndrome!

Edwards syndrome, also called trisomy 18 or trisomy E, is an chromosomal condition that causes severe birth defects in newborns; many babies born with trisomy 18 do not live past one month of age.

Prevalence: estimated at 1 in 6,000 live births.

Quite a few detailed hand charts are available for Edwards syndrome; most charts describe the significance of various typical features inside especially the dermatoglyphics, which manifest often combined with a simian line (= single transverse flexion crease) and/or a single interphalangeal crease on the pinky finger.


NOTICE: Individual hand features described below should not get associated in isolation with any theme; only combinations involving multiple hand levels have potential for diagnostic purposes.

Hand chart for Edwards syndrome (2013).
Hand chart source:
Hautleistenfibel (1981), p.61;
authors: A. Rodewald & H. Zankl

Hand chart for Edwards syndrome - Dermatoglyphics in Medical Disorders (1976).
Hand chart source:
Dermatoglyphics in Medical Disorders (1976), p.164;
authors: B. Schaumann & M. Alter

Hand chart for Edwards syndrome - Handbook of Clinical Dermatoglyphics (1971).
Hand chart source:
Handbook of Clinical Dermatoglyphs (1971), p.36;
authors: M.S. Elbualy & J.D. Schindeler

Other significant hand signs (not reported inside the hand charts):

A clenched hand with overlapping fingers (89%) is characteristically seen in Edwards syndrome; typically, the index finger is overlapping the third finger and the fifth finger is overlapping the fourth finger - see picture below (source: Wikipedia).

Clenched hand with overlapping fingers in Edwards syndrome.
A clenched hand with overlapping fingers in Edwards syndrome.

Distally implanted (52%), underdeveloped thumbs [= thumb hypoplasia] is another typical characteristic , and the thumb may even be missing completey [= thumb aplasia] (source: Corience.org). Retroflexible thumbs (25%) are also very common (source: A.I Taylor, 1968).

Five stages of thumb hypoplasia/aplasia.
Five stages of thumb hypoplasia/aplasia.

Underdevelopment of the nails [= hypoplastic nails] is also very common: 63%; long, hyperconvex nails are also relatively common: 17% (source: A.I Taylor, 1968).
All significant hand signs listed above for Edwards syndrome together cover five out of the nine perspectives of the hand as defined according Multi-Perspective Hand Reading (including hand level 2, 5, 7, 8 & 9).

A summary of the most significant hand sign combinations in Edwards syndrome is described here:

Decoding the language of the hand:
hand sign combinations in Edwards syndrome!

Hand charts are available for many other diagnostic issues;
start browsing HERE

SCIENTIFIC HAND CHARTS: Introduction

Hand charts for Big Five personality dimensions:
Hand chart(s) for Agreeableness (2x: 1 in 4 people)
Hand chart(s) for Conscientiousness (2x: 1 in 4 people)
Hand chart(s) for Extraversion (2x: 1 in 4 people)
Hand chart(s) Neuroticism (2x: 1 in 4 people)
Hand chart(s) Openness (2x: 1 in 4 people)

Hand charts for diseases:
Hand charts for hypercalcemia (1 in 4,000 people)

Hand charts for syndromes:
Hand charts for arthrogryposis (1 in 10,000 people)
Hand charts for cri-du-chat syndrome (1 in 30,000 people)
Hand charts for Down syndrome (1 in 700 live births)
Hand charts for Edwards syndrome (1 in 6,000 live births)
• Hand charts for fetal alcolhol syndrome (1 in 500 people)
Hand charts for fragile-X syndrome (1 in 5,000 people)
Hand charts for Holt-Oram syndrome (1 in 100,000 live b.)
Hand charts for Kabuki syndrome (1 in 32,000 people)
Hand charts for Klinefelter syndrome (1 in 1000 males)
Hand charts for de Lange syndrome (1 in 15,000 live births)
• Hand charts for Marfan syndrome (1 in 5,000 people)
Hand charts for Patau syndrome (1 in 15,000 live births)
Hand charts for Prader-Willi syndrome (1 in 15,000 births)
Hand charts for Rubella syndrome (1 in 100,000 people)
• Hand charts for Rubinstein syndrome (1 in 200,000 births)
Hand charts for SLOS (1 in 40,000 births)
Hand charts for Turner syndrome (1 in 2,000 female births)
• Hand charts for Warkany syndrome (1 in 200,000 births)
Hand charts for Williams syndrome (1 in 14,000 births)
Hand charts for Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (1 in 50,000 b.)
Hand charts for XXYY syndrome (1 in 30,000 male births)
Hand charts for XYY syndrome (1 in 1,000 male births)
Hand charts for 18 deletion syndromes (2 in 40,000 live b.)

NOTICE: Reflexology hand charts are not included in this section because the scientific foundation of any of such charts is actually unknown; nevertheless, you can read more about the fundamentals of such charts HERE.
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HAND CHARTS MENU:

Hand chart for the Big Five personality dimension Agreeableness (2017) Hand chart for the Big Five personality dimension Conscientiousness (2017) Hand chart for the Big Five personality dimension Extraversion (2017) Hand chart for the Big Five personality dimension Neuroticism (2017) Hand chart for the Big Five personality dimension Openness (2017) Hand chart for hypercalcemia (1971) Hand chart for arthrogryposis (1981) Hand chart for cri-du-chat syndrome - Hautleistenfibel (1981) Hand chart for Down syndrome (2011) Hand chart for Edwards syndrome (1981) Hand chart for fragile-X syndrome (2014) Hand chart for Holt-Oram syndrome (1981) Hand chart for Kabuki syndrome (Albert, 1999) Hand chart for Klinefelter syndrome (A. Rodewald & H. Zankl, 1981) Hand chart for Cornelia de Lange syndrome (A. Rodewald & H. Zankl, 1981) Hand chart for Patau syndrome (1981) Hand chart for Prader-Willi syndrome (1971) Hand chart for rubella syndrome (1971) Hand chart for Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (1971) Hand chart for Turner syndrome - Hautleistenfibel (1981) Hand chart for Williams syndrome (R. Rodewald, 1994) Hand chart for Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (B. Schaumann & M. Alter, 1976) Hand chart for XXYY syndrome (1971) Hand chart for XYY syndrome (1971) Hand chart for 18p- syndrome, a.ka. de Grouchy syndrome 1 (1981)