Catalog

Yellow oculocutaneous albinism

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Link to WHO Definition

Yellow oculocutaneous albinism – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1816007840

Yellow OCA is a variant of OCA-1B where patients are born with no pigment and associated severe visual problems, but develop some pigmentation, principally yellow-red phaeomelanin, from early childhood. This form is primarily reported in the Amish population of North America.