Gorlin sign
In medicine, the Gorlin sign is the ability to touch the tip of the nose or chin with the tongue.[1] Approximately 5 per cent of the general population can perform this act, whereas fifty per cent of people with the inherited connective tissue disorder, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, can. Named after pathologist Robert J. Gorlin,[2] it should not be confused with Gorlin syndrome, a more serious condition also named after him.
References
- ↑ Gorlin's sign - cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk.
- ↑ doctor/358 at Who Named It?
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