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Albinism
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The word "" refers to a group of inherited conditions. People
with have little or no pigment in their eyes, skin, or hair. They have
inherited genes that do not make the usual amounts of a pigment called melanin.
One person in 17,000 has some type of . affects people from all
races. Most children ....
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....ase. Tyrosinase helps the body to change the amino acid
tyrosine into pigment. The genetic defect that causes albinism in other types of
albinism is unknown, but it is speculated that it involves other enzymes used to
make pigment.
Albinism is passed from parents to their children through genes. For
nearly all types of albinism both parents must carry an albinism gene to have a
child with albinism. Parents may have normal pigmentation but still carry the
gene. When both parents carry the gene, .... |
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