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In [[medicine]], '''Gorlin [[sign (medicine)|sign]]''' is the ability to touch the tip of the [[Human nose|nose]] with the [[tongue]].<ref>[ |
In [[medicine]], '''Gorlin [[sign (medicine)|sign]]''' is the ability to touch the tip of the [[Human nose|nose]] with the [[tongue]].<ref>[http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?Gorlin%27s+sign Gorlin's sign]{{dead link|date=January 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} - cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk.</ref> Approximately ten percent of the general population can perform this act, whereas fifty percent of people with the inherited connective tissue disorder, [[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome]], can. Not to be confused with [[Gorlin Syndrome]]; it is named for [[Robert J. Gorlin]].<ref>{{WhoNamedIt|doctor|358}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 05:04, 11 January 2020
In medicine, Gorlin sign is the ability to touch the tip of the nose with the tongue.[1] Approximately ten percent of the general population can perform this act, whereas fifty percent of people with the inherited connective tissue disorder, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, can. Not to be confused with Gorlin Syndrome; it is named for Robert J. Gorlin.[2]
References
- ^ Gorlin's sign[dead link] - cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk.
- ^ doctor/358 at Who Named It?
External links
- [1] DermAtlas (from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions)
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