 Albinism
"Albinism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
General term for a number of inherited defects of amino acid metabolism in which there is a deficiency or absence of pigment in the eyes, skin, or hair.
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D000417
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C11.270.040 C16.320.290.040 C16.320.565.100.102 C16.320.850.080 C17.800.621.440.102 C17.800.827.080 C18.452.648.100.102
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Albinism".
- Diseases [C]
- Eye Diseases [C11]
- Eye Diseases, Hereditary [C11.270]
- Albinism [C11.270.040]
- Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn [C16.320]
- Eye Diseases, Hereditary [C16.320.290]
- Albinism [C16.320.290.040]
- Metabolism, Inborn Errors [C16.320.565]
- Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors [C16.320.565.100]
- Albinism [C16.320.565.100.102]
- Skin Diseases, Genetic [C16.320.850]
- Albinism [C16.320.850.080]
- Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases [C17]
- Skin Diseases [C17.800]
- Pigmentation Disorders [C17.800.621]
- Hypopigmentation [C17.800.621.440]
- Albinism [C17.800.621.440.102]
- Skin Diseases, Genetic [C17.800.827]
- Albinism [C17.800.827.080]
- Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases [C18]
- Metabolic Diseases [C18.452]
- Metabolism, Inborn Errors [C18.452.648]
- Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors [C18.452.648.100]
- Albinism [C18.452.648.100.102]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Albinism".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Albinism" by people in this website by year, and whether "Albinism" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Albinism" by people in Profiles.
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Sampath V, Bedell HE. Distribution of refractive errors in albinos and persons with idiopathic congenital nystagmus. Optom Vis Sci. 2002 May; 79(5):292-9.
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Doughty MJ, Seabert W, Bergmanson JP, Blocker Y. A descriptive and quantitative study of the keratocytes of the corneal stroma of albino rabbits using transmission electron microscopy. Tissue Cell. 2001 Aug; 33(4):408-22.
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Naash MI, Ripps H, Li S, Goto Y, Peachey NS. Polygenic disease and retinitis pigmentosa: albinism exacerbates photoreceptor degeneration induced by the expression of a mutant opsin in transgenic mice. J Neurosci. 1996 Dec 15; 16(24):7853-8.
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Abplanalp P, Bedell H. Visual improvement in an albinotic patient with an alteration of congenital nystagmus. Am J Optom Physiol Opt. 1987 Dec; 64(12):944-51.
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