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Gorlin syndrome

Background

Gorlin syndrome: Gorlin-Goltz syndrome; Basal Cell Nevus syndrome; NBCCS; Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome

Gorlin syndrome is an inherited predisposition to the development primarily of multiple basal cell carcinomas (localised skin cancers) and the development of multiple cysts within the jaws.

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Medical text written June 1995 by Dr G Evans, Consultant Clinical Geneticist, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, UK. Last updated October 2006 by Professor P Farndon, Consultant Clinical Geneticist, West Midlands Clinical Genetic Service, Birmingham, UK.

 

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