Eye tracking impairment in clinically identified patients with schizotypal personality disorder.

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Journal Article

Eye tracking accuracy, which has been found to be impaired in schizophrenic patients and their relatives, was assessed in 26 patients with schizotypal personality disorder, 17 control subjects with other non-schizophrenia-related personality disorders, 29 normal control subjects, and 44 schizophrenic patients. Both schizotypal and schizophrenic patients, but not control subjects with other personality disorders, demonstrated significantly more impaired tracking than the normal control subjects. These results suggest that patients with clinically defined schizotypal personality disorder may be biologically related to schizophrenic patients as part of a spectrum of schizophrenia-related disorders.

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Duke Authors

Cited Authors

  • Siever, LJ; Keefe, R; Bernstein, DP; Coccaro, EF; Klar, HM; Zemishlany, Z; Peterson, AE; Davidson, M; Mahon, T; Horvath, T

Published Date

  • June 1, 1990

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 147 / 6

Start / End Page

  • 740 - 745

PubMed ID

  • 2343917

Pubmed Central ID

  • 2343917

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0002-953X

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1176/ajp.147.6.740

Language

  • eng

Conference Location

  • United States