Albinism in Africa as a public health issue

BACKGROUND: Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a genetically inherited autosomal recessive condition and OCA2, tyrosine-positive albinism, is the most prevalent type found throughout Africa. Due to the lack of melanin, people with albinism are more susceptible to the harmful effects of ultraviolet rad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hong, Esther S, Zeeb, Hajo, Repacholi, Michael H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1584235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16916463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-212

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1584235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16916463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-212

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