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Case Reports
. 2005 Oct;89(10):1383-4.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.2005.070243.

Temperature sensitive oculocutaneous albinism associated with missense changes in the tyrosinase gene

T Wang, C T Waters, T Jakins, J R W Yates, D Trump, K Bradshaw, A T Moore
Case Reports

Temperature sensitive oculocutaneous albinism associated with missense changes in the tyrosinase gene

T Wang et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 2005 Oct.
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Figure 1
Clinical photographs of patient. Note the yellow blonde hair, dark eyebrows, and strongly pigmented forearm hair. (Photograph reproduced with permission of the patient.)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Mutations in tyrosinase gene.
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