In a statement to mark this year’s International Albinism Awareness Day, observed globally on June 13, the First Lady stressed that people living with albinism deserve equal rights, public ...

Albinism is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of conditions characterised by visual abnormalities and variable degrees of hypopigmentation. Multiple studies have demonstrated the ...

The other type of ocular albinism is much less common. Both parents carry the gene for it, and both boys and girls can be born with it. Their skin and hair color also can be lighter than that of ...

Iris coloboma: A congenital condition, colobomas are absences in pieces of the iris, which appear as gaps in the iris or an abnormally shaped pupil. These may appear in one or both eyes and, depending ...

Did you know some people have red eyes? How about violet? We spoke to an optometrist to learn how rare some eye colors are ...

Our eyes are incredible organs that let us see the world around us. Most of the time, our eyes work perfectly without us even ...

Ocular albinism affects 1 in 50,000 people. According to The National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation: "A common myth is that people with albinism have red eyes.

Ocular albinism affects 1 in 50,000 people. According to The National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation: "A common myth is that people with albinism have red eyes.

One in 10,000 people in Ireland lives with albinism, which often affects their eyesight. Those affected by the condition can experience discrimination from an early age ...

Ocular albinism affects an estimated one in 20,000 to one in 60,000 males and is much less common in females. Although the eyes of someone with ocular albinism are often lighter colored, the condition ...

ABSTRACT We present a case report detailing the successful phacoemulsification surgery with artificial iris implantation for two individuals with oculocutaneous albinism. These women suffered from ...