Gorlin syndrome
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- A genetic condition that causes unusual facial features and disorders of the skin, bones, nervous system, eyes, and endocrine glands. People with this syndrome have a higher risk of basal cell carcinoma. Also called basal cell nevus syndrome and nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome.
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition - basal cell nevus syndrome, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, Cockayne syndrome, Down syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, Klinefelter\'s syndrome, nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, overgrowth syndrome, WAGR syndrome, Wilms tumor-aniridia-genitourinary anomalies-mental retardation syndrome