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Ocular defects in albinism

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Albinos have anatomically abnormal visual pathways:

  • fibres from the temporal half of the retina decussate in the optic chiasm
  • the lateral geniculate nuclei are histologically abnormal

The result is an absence of binocular vision with normal visual fields.

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