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Gorlin sign

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In medicine, Gorlin sign is the ability to touch the tip of the nose with the tongue and touch the elbow with the tongue.[1] Approximately ten percent of the general population can perform this act, whereas five times as many people with Ehlers Danlos can. Not to be confused with Gorlin Syndrome; it is named for Robert J. Gorlin.[2]

References

  1. ^ Gorlin's sign - cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk.
  2. ^ doctor/358 at Who Named It?
  • It is named "Gorlin Sign" after Robert J. Gorlin.
  • [1] DermAtlas (from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions)

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