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Albinism in a patient with mutations at both the OA1 and OCA3 loci

PIGMENT CELL & MELANOMA RESEARCH (2016)

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PIGMENT CELL & MELANOMA RESEARCH

Volume 29, Issue 1, Pages 107-109

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WILEY-BLACKWELL

DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12408

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