VISION OF ALBINOS

1 December 1949

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)

Vol. 42 (6) , 755-767
https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1949.00900050766005

Abstract

ALBINOS have been known and described as such since very early times, but, unfortunately, the condition has been considered an anthropologic and genetic problem rather than a medical one. Albinism is a complex condition which probably includes more than just a lack of pigmentation.¹ It is usually divided into complete albinism and partial albinism, often called albinoidism or leukism (Gates²). Complete albinism, which will be referred to simply as albinism, is a genetic recessive character, transmitted by a partially sex-linked mosaic of genes (Castle and Allen³). Since the condition seems to be found more commonly in men, it was thought at one time to be semifatal to women, but there is no evidence for such an assumption. Albinism is characterized by pigmentless hair, skin and eyes and by ocular defects. Ametropia, astigmatism, nystagmus, photophopia and amblyopia are almost invariably all present. With age, albinos not uncommonly acquire

Keywords

ALBINISM

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Archives of Ophthalmology (1950), 1941