Albinism: Classification, clinical characteristics, and recent findings

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 659-662

  Summers, C Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Albinism; Genes; Vision

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CLASSIFICATION ,; CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GRATING ACUITY; INHERITED DISORDERS; MELANIN PIGMENTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

GENES;

MELANIN;

ALBINISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ALBINISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE SURGERY; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; MELANOGENESIS; NYSTAGMUS; OCULAR ALBINISM; PHENOTYPE; PIEBALDISM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ALBINISM; ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; INFANT; VISION, LOW; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 68049087821     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181a5254c     Document Type: Review

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