Albinism--a clinician's low vision perspective.

Albinism is inherited as autosomal recessive, with one exception: Ocular albinism, which has an x-linked trait. Visual symptoms include photophobia, varying degrees of nystagmus, reduction in visual acuity from 20/30 to 20/400 and varying degrees of moderate to high amounts of corneal astigmatism. Albinism patients respond very well to low vision devices and glare filters.