Gorlin-Goltz syndrome: incidental finding on routine ct scan following car accident
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Gorlin-Goltz syndrome: incidental finding on routine ct scan following car accident
INTRODUCTION Gorlin-Goltz syndrome is a rare hereditary disease. Pathogenesis of the syndrome is attributed to abnormalities in the long arm of chromosome 9 (q22.3-q31) and loss or mutations of human patched gene (PTCH1 gene). Multiple basal cell carcinomas (BCCs), odontogenic keratocysts, skeletal abnormalities, hyperkeratosis of palms and soles, intracranial ectopic calcifications of the falx...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cases Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1757-1626
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-9087