It is a great pleasure to introduce this special feature honoring Dr. Alfred Lunt Gardner. Al’s many contributions mammalogy span seven decades, two continents, and practically the entire tree of mammals. impossible imagine what in Americas would look like without him. His academic are as significant his imposing stature. Al was born Salem, Massachusetts 1937 spent early childhood there. first ...

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Gardner syndrome (GS) is a group of diseases manifested as familial adenomatous polyposis accompanied by characteristic jaw lesions. The documented prevalence of Gardner syndrome varies from 1: 8,300 to 1: 16,000 live births in varying literatures [1]. The syndrome associated intestinal polyps have a 100% risk of malignant transformation [2]. Early identification and surgical intervention of th...

I have always enjoyed games, especially when incorporated into the classroom. can still remember game my fifth-grade teachers had us play to explore colonizing a new world. One of most impactful games I’ve played is SET®, which has become go-to for mathematics as means exploring geometry, combinatorics, probability, statistics, and vector spaces (Larson Quinn et al., 1999; Waddell Jr., 2017). f...

Autoerythrocyte sensitization syndrome (ASS)—also known as Gardner-Diamond syndrome—is an autoimmune vasculopathy associated with sensitization to phosphatidylserine, a phosphoglyceride of red blood cell membranes [1]. The syndrome was first described in 1955 by Gardner and Diamond in 4 female patients [2]. ASS is typically seen in adult females; however, pediatric and male patients have also b...

autoerythrocyte sensitization syndrome cabs) is a rare purpuric disorder of women characterized by inflammatory and painful ecchymotic lesions unrelated to blood clotting or vascular abnormalities. gastrointestinal bleeding, hematuria, headache or syncopal attacks may also be observed. our patient is a 33-year-old woman presenting with recurrent severe painful ecchymotic lesions on both lower e...