Development and usability evaluation of a mHealth application for albinism self-management
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2023 Background Reduced or absence of melanin poses physical, social, and psychological challenges to individuals with albinism. Mobile health (mHealth) applications have the potential to improve the accessibility of information and services while reducing ...
Saman Mortezaei +3 more
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Relationship Between Foveal Cone Specialization and Pit Morphology in Albinism [PDF]
, 2014 Purpose.Albinism is associated with disrupted foveal development, though intersubject variability is becoming appreciated. We sought to quantify this variability, and examine the relationship between foveal cone specialization and pit morphology in ...
Anderson, Jennifer L. +16 more
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Reading Pedagogy in EFL Classes for Students with albinism: A case study [PDF]
Akofena: Benin Republic encounters socio economic challenges that impact access to education for all children, particularly, those with disabilities like albinism.
Dossou Flavien LANMANTCHION
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Genome-wide search for strabismus susceptibility loci. [PDF]
, 2003 The purpose of this study was to search for chromosomal susceptibility loci for comitant strabismus. Genomic DNA was isolated from 10mL blood taken from each member of 30 nuclear families in which 2 or more siblings are affected by either esotropia or ...
Fujiwara, Hirotake +6 more
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African Journal of Disability, 2022 Albinism is an inherited condition associated with significant depigmentation of the skin, hair and eyes. It occurs in every population with varying frequency, and narratives of people with albinism have been recorded since 200 BC.
Jennifer G.R. Kromberg, Robyn Kerr
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First record of a white rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) off West Africa including notes on rough-toothed dolphin surface behaviour [PDF]
, 2010 In June 2009, a white rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) calf was photographed in a group of at least 50 dolphins in the southern Gulf of Guinea, 95 nauticol miles off the Gabon coast (01°45'S 007°29'E), West Africa. Reports of unusually pigmented
Boer, M.N., de
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A sociological study of children with albinism at a special school in the Limpopo province
Curationis, 2002 This article maintains that it is the social context, as much as, and sometimes more than the physical condition, that largely structures and limits the lives of people with albinism.
R.J. Gaigher, P.M. Lund, E. Makuya
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Ghost rodents: Albinism in Australian rodent species
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 While almost half of all mammal species are rodents, records of albinism in free‐ranging rodents are very rare. Australia has a large and diverse assemblage of native rodent species, but there are no records of free‐ranging albino rodents in the ...
Darcy Watchorn +5 more
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Dermatological Malignancies at a University Teaching Hospital in north-western Tanzania: A Retrospective Review of 154 Cases [PDF]
, 2012 Dermatological malignancies are among the most common form of cancers and the global incidence has been increasing at an alarming rate. A retrospective study was conducted to determine the prevalence, histopathological pattern, anatomical distribution ...
Chalya, Phillipo L. +6 more
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Birth stories of South African mothers of children with albinism: A critical human rights analysis
International Journal of Africa Nursing SciencesBackground: The genetic condition of oculocutaneous albinism is disproportionately present in Africa. Little research has addressed the experiences of mothers impacted by albinism, even though they are more likely to be impacted by human rights ...
Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham +12 more
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