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Gorlin's sign


Gorlin sign is the ability to touch the tip of the nose with the tongue. Approximately ten percent of the general population can perform this act, whereas five times as many people with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome can.

It is not to be confused with Gorlin syndrome.

  • Gorlin’s sign – cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk.
  • [1] DermAtlas (from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions)

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