[Clinical and genetic aspects of albinism].

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Albinism is a genetic disease affecting 1/17,000 person worldwide. It constitutes the second cause of congenital loss of visual acuity after optic atrophy. Albinism is heterogeneous both at the clinical and genetic levels. It is characterized by ocular development anomalies and by a variable degree of hypopigmentation. Clinically, three forms of the disease are described: oculocutaneous, ocular and syndromic...

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