albinism

congenital disorder causing skin to lack pigmentation
MedicalCondition rare_disease Q81867
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albinism

Summary

albinism is a rare disease[1]. albinism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • albinism's instance of is recorded as rare disease[3].
  • albinism's instance of is recorded as disease[4].
  • albinism is a type of disease[5].
  • albinism's Commons category is recorded as Albinism[6].
  • albinism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Albinism[7].
  • albinism's Commons gallery is recorded as Albinism[8].
  • albinism's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
  • albinism's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire Infernal[10].
  • albinism's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • albinism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • albinism's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13].
  • albinism's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • albinism's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • albinism's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • albinism's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[17].
  • albinism's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[18].
  • albinism's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C84543[19].
  • albinism's health specialty is recorded as endocrinology[20].
  • albinism's genetic association is recorded as LYST[21].
  • albinism's genetic association is recorded as MITF[22].
  • albinism's genetic association is recorded as monophenol monooxygenase[23].
  • albinism's genetic association is recorded as MYO5A[24].
  • albinism's genetic association is recorded as RAB27A[25].
  • albinism's genetic association is recorded as OCA2[26].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for albinism include albino[27], a theme[28].

Why It Matters

albinism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] albinism is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for albinism include albino[27], a theme[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Amish albinism: a distinctive autosomal recessive phenotype. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Mutations in the Chediak-Higashi syndrome gene (CHS1) indicate requirement for the complete 3801 amino acid CHS protein. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Apparent digenic inheritance of Waardenburg syndrome type 2 (WS2) and autosomal recessive ocular albinism (AROA). wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Apparent digenic inheritance of Waardenburg syndrome type 2 (WS2) and autosomal recessive ocular albinism (AROA). wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Griscelli disease maps to chromosome 15q21 and is associated with mutations in the myosin-Va gene. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Mutations in RAB27A cause Griscelli syndrome associated with haemophagocytic syndrome. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . African origin of an intragenic deletion of the human P gene in tyrosinase positive oculocutaneous albinism. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20h ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of rare disease, disease
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  2. 22d ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id ['0428836-albinismus', '0428838-albinky']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0428838-albinky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 22d ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id ['0428836-albinismus', '0428838-albinky']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0428836-albinismus, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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