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What is the name of the disease that causes people to be born without fingerprints?
What is the name of the disease that causes people to be born without fingerprints?
At what stage of fetal development do fingerprints typically form?
At what stage of fetal development do fingerprints typically form?
What is a common skin problem associated with adermatoglyphia?
What is a common skin problem associated with adermatoglyphia?
Which of the following can cause acquired loss of dermatoglyphics?
Which of the following can cause acquired loss of dermatoglyphics?
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What is the name of the gene associated with isolated congenital adermatoglyphia?
What is the name of the gene associated with isolated congenital adermatoglyphia?
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How is isolated congenital adermatoglyphia inherited?
How is isolated congenital adermatoglyphia inherited?
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What is a potential complication of adermatoglyphia due to impaired sweating?
What is a potential complication of adermatoglyphia due to impaired sweating?
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Which of the following dermatological conditions can cause acquired loss of dermatoglyphics?
Which of the following dermatological conditions can cause acquired loss of dermatoglyphics?
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What is a non-dermatological cause of acquired adermatoglyphia?
What is a non-dermatological cause of acquired adermatoglyphia?
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Fingerprints develop with the unborn baby, when the fetus is about ______ weeks old.
Fingerprints develop with the unborn baby, when the fetus is about ______ weeks old.
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Adermatoglyphia is a disease that affects not only your fingers but also the ______ of your hands and the ______ of your feet.
Adermatoglyphia is a disease that affects not only your fingers but also the ______ of your hands and the ______ of your feet.
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The formation of fingerprints is influenced by multiple ______ and environmental factors.
The formation of fingerprints is influenced by multiple ______ and environmental factors.
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People with adermatoglyphia often don’t ______ normally.
People with adermatoglyphia often don’t ______ normally.
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Loss of fingerprints can be ______ or acquired.
Loss of fingerprints can be ______ or acquired.
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The isolated congenital cases usually have a point mutation in the ______ site of a 3' exon of the gene.
The isolated congenital cases usually have a point mutation in the ______ site of a 3' exon of the gene.
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Dermatological conditions such as ______ can be responsible for acquired loss of dermatoglyphics in a few digits or in all fingers.
Dermatological conditions such as ______ can be responsible for acquired loss of dermatoglyphics in a few digits or in all fingers.
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Potent ______ can cause epi‐dermal ridge atrophy.
Potent ______ can cause epi‐dermal ridge atrophy.
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Adermatoglyphia is a disease that affects several skin areas, including the ______ and the feet.
Adermatoglyphia is a disease that affects several skin areas, including the ______ and the feet.
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