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Diverse prevalence of large deletions within the OA1 gene in ocular albinism type 1 patients from Europe and North America.
Human genetics - 1 Jan 2001
Bassi M T, Bergen A A, Bitoun P, Charles S J, Clementi M, Gosselin R, Hurst J, Lewis R A, Lorenz B, Meitinger T, Messiaen L, Ramesar R S, Ballabio A, Schiaffino M V
Abstract excerpt
Ocular albinism type 1 (OA1) is an X-linked disorder mainly characterized by congenital nystagmus and photodysphoria, moderate to severe reduction of visual acuity, hypopigmentation of the retina, and the presence of macromelanosomes in the skin and eyes. We have previously isolated the gene for...
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