Refractive development in individuals with ocular and oculocutaneous albinism.

The presence of both high hyperopia and high myopia and very few numbers with emmetropia across all age groups indicates disrupted normal refractive development in individuals with albinism. With-the-rule astigmatism and nystagmus may result in meridional degradation of the retinal image leading to impairment of normal emmetropisation process in individuals with albinism.