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Affects the eyes, hair and skin and there are two more common types that vary according to how much melanin the person is able to make.
Here, the person cannot make any melanin at all. Tyrosinase is the name of the enzyme that helps the child make melanin. A mistake in the person’s genes mean that they do not have a working Tyrosinase enzyme. People with this type of Albinism will have no pigmentation at all so will have very white hair and pale skin. Their eyes will appear pale blue or grey and they are also likely to have Nystagmus and a significant visual impairment or partial sight.
In this type of Albinism, people can make some melanin but not as much as normal. Their hair is generally pale blond and their skin is not as pale. Their eyes are usually blue or sometimes pale brown. They usually have Nystagmus but their vision is less impaired.
In Ocular Albinism, it is the eyes that are affected in the same way as for OCA. The skin and hair usually appears the same as is normal for the race of the person or slightly paler. Usually OA only affects boys and is inherited from the mother. New studies have shown that some people have a more mild form of Albinism with some of the eye, hair and skin features but not others. Visual problems caused by subtle forms of Albinism seem to be far more common than previously thought (and are quite common in relatives of people with more obvious forms of albinism).
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