albinism
congenital disorder causing skin to lack pigmentation
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Summary
albinism is a rare disease[1]. albinism ranks in the top 3% of rare disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,973 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: disease[3]
- Subclass of: disease[4]
- Commons category: Albinism[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Albinism[6]
- Commons gallery: Albinism[7]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[8], Dictionnaire Infernal[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], The New Student's Reference Work[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[16]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C84543[17]
- Health specialty: endocrinology[18]
- Genetic association: LYST[19], MITF[20], monophenol monooxygenase[21], MYO5A[22], RAB27A[23], OCA2[24]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for albinism include albino[25], a theme[26].
Why It Matters
albinism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] albinism is known by 91 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]
Entities named for albinism include albino[25], a theme[26].