Unusual Neurological Presentation of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome (Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome)
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Unusual Neurological Presentation of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome (Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome)
Dear Editor, Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS; also called Gorlin-Goltz syndrome, MIM: 109400) is a rare autosomal dominantly inherited disorder caused by defects in the hedgehog signaling resulting in constitutive pathway activity and tumor cell proliferation.1 In addition to basal cell carcinoma from a young age, distinguishing features are keratocystic odontogenic tumors, dyskerat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Neurology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1738-6586,2005-5013
DOI: 10.3988/jcn.2017.13.4.439