Article
[Phenotype of the visual system in oculocutaneous and ocular albinism].
Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft - 1 Aug 2007
Käsmann-Kellner B, Seitz B
Abstract excerpt
In spite of albinism being one of the visual impairments which has been known for over a century, it has only been known for a few decades that albinism is correlated to severe cerebral morphological developmental alterations. The increasing knowledge about the role of melanin in the development and orientation of cerebral neurons not only renders more insight into albinism, but also a greater insight in the...
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