On being an albino: a personal account.
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After thirty-three years it is impossible for me to separate those influences on my developing life style that resulted directly from being an albino from those that must naturally have come from the life styles of my parents. I am conscious, however, that from an early age I was told that I could not do particular things-that is, someone made that assumption for me when I was too young to evaluate my own ability and communicate coherently.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 1 6155 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1979