title: [Ocular albinism in pediatric patients with nystagmus].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Presentation of diagnostic methods and results obtained in childre with nystagmus, with suspicion of ocular albinism.
  
  
  METHODS
  Records of 9 children (range 0.2 to 5.5 years) are presented. In all cases family history, ophthalmic examination and visual evoked potentials were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Clinical signs of ocular albinism were found in all patients. 2 children had cutaneous albinism, VEP records of 7 children indicated abnormalities typical for albinism, clinical signs of gene carrying were found in 7 mothers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinical signs enable us to diagnose ocular albinism with relatively high probability, nevertheless characteristic VEP records confirm diagnosis in clinically difficult cases.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Okulistyki Instytutu Pomnik, Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka w Warszawie.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trzebicka
authors.forename: Grazyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sarti
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kocyła-Karczmarewicz
authors.forename: Mirosława
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grałek
authors.forename: Jadwiga
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Juszko
authors.forename: Waldemar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Szapłyko
mesh_terms: D016115:Albinism, Oculocutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D020417:Nystagmus, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D014792:Visual Acuity