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	Channel3000.com - Health Encyclopedia - Simian Crease (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A simian crease is a single line (crease) that runs across the palm of the hand.
		Prominent creases (called flexion creases) appear on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.
		This is called a single palmar crease, or simian crease.
	www.channel3000.com /encyclopedia/6864252/detail.html (419 words)

	Simian crease definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Simian crease: A single transverse palmar crease, a minor variation associated with Down syndrome (trisomy 21).
		There are most often two transverse palmar creases, a proximal one and a more distal one, neither of which extends all the way across the palm.
		A single transverse palmar crease is present in normal people with a frequency of 0.8% on the right hand and 1.3% on the left hand whereas it is present with a frequency of 71% on the right hand and 66%% on the left hand in Down syndrome.
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=40405 (201 words)

	CyberGUIDE To Basic Medical Genetics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The palmar creases are usually made up of proximal and distal transverse creases and a thenar crease.
		A single distal transverse crease is called a Simian crease.
		Trisomy 21 Usually all are ulnar loops and Simian Creases in 50%.
	www.infolanka.com /org/genetics/cyberguide/bmg-ch1301.htm (340 words)

	AllRefer Health - Simian Crease (Single Palmar Crease)
		Sometimes, the two horizontal creases fuse to form a single crease, called a single palmar crease or a "simian crease."
		Abnormalities in palmar creases may indicate problems with early development and be associated with other developmental disorders like Down's Syndrome.
		However, a single palmar crease or simian crease appears in approximately 1 out of 30 people.
	health.allrefer.com /health/simian-crease-info.html (381 words)

	Lifespan's A - Z Health Information Library - Simian crease (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Lifespan's A - Z Health Information Library - Simian crease
		A simian crease is often a normal finding, occurring in about 3% of the population.
		An infant with a simian crease may have other symptoms and signs that, when taken together, define a specific syndrome or condition.
	www.lifespan.org /adam/healthillustratedencyclopedia/1/003290.html (352 words)

	Simian crease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A simian crease is a single palmar crease (extending across the palm of the hand), as opposed to the two creases people normally have.
		The simian crease is medically defined as a "single transverse palmar crease."
		Some may have erroneous beliefs that the line has grown because they moved their hands in a different way to other people, they may be ashamed of it and try to hide it while others may think that the rest of the world has similar hand lines.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simian_crease (300 words)

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