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Mapping a research-advocacy-policy agenda on human rights and albinism: a mixed methods project

International Journal for Equity in Health
Background Persons with albinism face challenges to their wellbeing, safety, and security, ranging from vision impairment and skin cancer to stigma and discrimination.
Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham, Barbara Astle, Ikponwosa Ero, Lori Beaman, Bonny Ibhawoh, Elvis Imafidon, Richard Sawatzky, Wisdom Tettey, Meghann Buyco, Emma Strobell   +9 more
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Oculocutaneous Albinism

Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, 2023
Hongfei, Ye, Kerong, Mao, Peiquan, Zhao
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Common Variants in the TYR Gene with Unclear Pathogenicity as the Cause of Oculocutaneous Albinism in a Cohort of Russian Patients

Biomedicines
Background: oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a hereditary impairment of skin, hair, and eye pigmentation. The most common form of albinism is autosomal recessive albinism, caused by mutations in the TYR gene, accounting for approximately 40–50% of all ...
Olga Shchagina, Anna Stepanova, Polina Mishakova, Vitaliy Kadyshev, Nina Demina, Ludmila Bessonova, Sofya Ionova, Daria Guseva, Andrey Marakhonov, Rena Zinchenko, Sergey Kutsev, Aleksander Polyakov   +11 more
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Can a Portable Flash Visual Evoked Potential (VEP) Device Identify Chiasmal Decussation Anomalies in Albinism?

Diagnostics
Background: Visual evoked potentials (VEPs) are used to detect chiasmal misrouting associated with albinism. However, VEPs are only performed in specialist centres and typically have long waiting lists.
Eloise Keeling, Perry Carter, Abdi Malik Musa, Fatima Shawkat, Helena Lee, Jay E. Self   +5 more
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Albinism and Partial Albinism in Tigers

, 1960
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Albinism. [PDF]

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1896
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Being different: what it means to be a person with albinism in Nigeria [PDF]

Persons with albinism experience visual impairments and have unusually white hair and skin colour. In Nigeria, they face social disadvantages due to misconceptions about albinism, which create barriers to equal participation in education, employment, and
Olagunju, A,, Taylor, L., Buck, Gillian, Mabhala, Mzwandile, Buck, G., Olagunju, Anthony, Mabhala, M., Taylor, Louise   +7 more
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Molecular detection of albinism gene in Brazilian buffalo herds (Bubalus bubalis)

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira
: Albinism is a genetic disease characterized by deficient melanin production making affected animals more susceptible to skin problems, negatively influencing production systems of the same.
Pedro N. Bernardino, Aline F.A. Martins, José D. Barbosa, Ana L. Schild, Maria Cecília F. Damé, Alexandre S. Borges, José P. Oliveira-Filho   +6 more
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Albinism

The Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society, 1919
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Psychosocial Experiences and Support Resources of People With Albinism: A Thematic Synthesis [PDF]

Journal of Rehabilitation
Objective Albinism is a genetic disease that causes vision limitations and skin and hair problems as a result of a disorder in melanin conversion. This disease can have wide psychosocial consequences among the sufferers.
Taher Alizadeh, Bahman Bahmani, Mohammadsaeed khanjani, Manouchehr Azkhosh, Shima Shakiba, Mohsen Vahedi   +5 more
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