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  • Title: Childhood-onset schizophrenia: smooth pursuit eye-tracking dysfunction in family members.
    Author: Sporn A, Greenstein D, Gogtay N, Sailer F, Hommer DW, Rawlings R, Nicolson R, Egan MF, Lenane M, Gochman P, Weinberger DR, Rapoport JL.
    Journal: Schizophr Res; 2005 Mar 01; 73(2-3):243-52. PubMed ID: 15653267.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS), a severe form of the disorder, is of interest for etiologic studies. Smooth pursuit eye-tracking dysfunction (ETD) is a biological marker for schizophrenia. AIMS: To compare familial eye-tracking abnormalities for COS and adult-onset schizophrenia (AOS). METHOD: Eye-tracking performance for 70 COS parents, 64 AOS parents and 20 COS siblings was compared to their respective age-matched control groups. RESULTS: COS and AOS parents had higher rate of dichotomously rated eye-tracking dysfunction than their respective controls (16% vs. 1% and 22% vs. 4%, respectively). COS parents and siblings also differed from controls on several continuous measures. However, scores for COS, AOS and control groups overlapped extensively. CONCLUSIONS: Genetic factors underlying eye-tracking dysfunction appear more salient for COS. However, eye-tracking measures have to be used with caution for endophenotypic definition due to low predictive power. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: The study was done at the National Institutes of Health.
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