STUDY OF PALMAR DERMATOGLYPHICS IN PATIENTS WITH ECZEMA IN THE AGE GROUP BETWEEN 20-50 YEARS IN BOTH SEXES Sulabha Hanumant  Deshpande * 1 ,   Ashwini Balasaheb Nuchhi 2 ,   Vikas Ramesh Yatagiri 3 , Vijayendra  Narayan Rao  Kulkarni 4 . *1,2    MD   Anatomy,   Assistant   Professor,   Department   of   Anatomy,   BLDEU’s   Shri   B   M   Patil   Medical   College,   Hospital   Research   centre,   Vijayapura,   Karnataka, India. 3  Senior Resident, Department of  DVL, Al Ameen Medical College, Vijayapura. Karnataka, India. 4  MS Anatomy, Medical Superindtendent, Al Azhar Medical college, Cochin, India. Corresponding   Author:   Dr   Sulabha      Hanumant      Deshpande,   Assistant   professor      Department   of   AnatomyBLDEU’s   Shri   B   M   Patil   Medical   College,   Hospital Research centre, Vijayapura-03, Karnataka, Mobile no +919901665290 E-Mail:   drsulabhahd@gmail.com ABSTRACT Introduction:   The   word   eczema   seems   to   be   originated   in   543AD   and   is   derived   from   the   Greek   word      Ekzein   meaning   ‘to   boil   forth   or   to   effervesce”. Clinically,   acute   eczema   is   associated   with   marked   erythema,   superficial   papules      and   vesicles   which   easily   excoriate   and   lead   to   crusts.   Chronic   eczema   is composed   of   rather   faint   erythema,   infiltration   and   scaling.   Eczema   belongs   to   a   group   of   complex   disorders,   where   the   development   of   the   phenotype results   from   a   complex   interplay   of   different   susceptibility   genes   and   their   polymorphic   variants   with   environmental   factors.   Since   dermatoglyphic   traits   are genetically determined this study was done to identify a genetic marker for the disease and predicting the individuals chance of acquiring the disease. 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