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Current landscape of Oculocutaneous Albinism in Japan.
Pigment cell & melanoma research - 1 Mar 2021
Okamura Ken, Suzuki Tamio
Abstract excerpt
Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA), which is roughly divided into non-syndromic and syndromic OCA, is a group of autosomal recessive disorders caused by mutations in genes associated with pigmentation. Patients with OCA have hypopigmentation and ocular manifestations such as photophobia, amblyopia, and nystagmus. Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS), the most common syndromic OCA, is characterized by the additional...
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