Abstract: The dermatoglyphies of i70 leukemie patients have been studied and eompared with 180 eontrols. It was found that Sydney lines of right hands were presented in 8. 81 3. 44% aeute lymphatie leukemia patients and only in 1. 87+0. 92% controls. The patients with C'M[. showed that the rate of simian line of the palmar was inereased. The indes of areh and whorl of the fingers is more higher in the patients of aeute leakemia than the normal. The rate of the palmar white line in leukemie patients is higher (64. 18±4. 14%) than the controls (38+3. 96%. P<0. 01) . The widest point of the major three palmar ereases is positive (>2. 5 mm) , whieh is more frequent than the eontrols (P< 0. 01) . The tiny changs of dermatoglyphies of the leukemie patients showed that the genetie faetors may have an important role in the leukemie pathogenesis.

Key words: Leukemia; Dermatoglyphics