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Determination of the melanin content in the skin of albinos at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia/ Dailesi Ndhlovu.

By: Ndhlovu, Dailesi.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Lusaka: University of Zambia, 2017Subject(s): Albinos and albinism | Melanins--Physiological effect | Human skin colorDissertation note: Thesis--(Msc)--University of Zambia,2016. Summary: Melanin is a skin pigment that determines skin colour and plays a role in photoprotection. It represents one of the most vivsible markers of human variation and skin disorders. The aim of this study was demonstrate and quantify the melanin in albinos compared to normal indigenous black skin.
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Thesis--(Msc)--University of Zambia,2016.

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Melanin is a skin pigment that determines skin colour and plays a role in photoprotection. It represents one of the most vivsible markers of human variation and skin disorders. The aim of this study was demonstrate and quantify the melanin in albinos compared to normal indigenous black skin.

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