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Eye Tracking Dysfunction Is Associated With Partial Trisomy of Chromosome 5 and Schizophrenia

William G. Iacono, PhD; Anne S. Bassett, MD; Barry D. Jones, MD
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1988;45(12):1140-1141. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1988.01800360088014
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To the Editor.—  In their recent article, Holzman et al1 showed that schizophrenia and deviant smooth-pursuit eye tracking may both be transmitted by an autosomal dominant gene. These investigators concluded from their findings that family studies in which eye tracking as well as manifest schizophrenia and related disorders are assessed may enhance the productivity of molecular genetic investigations of schizophrenia. Herein we present data from a case study that are consistent with this view.

Report of Cases.—  Recently, Bassett et al2 identified a family in which the proband and his maternal uncle had partial trisomy of chromosome 5 and schizophrenia. The proband's mother had a balanced translocation in which genetic material deleted from chromosome 5 was inserted into chromosome 1. The mother was otherwise normal, as were the proband's other firstand second-degree relatives who had normal karyotypes. These findings suggest that genes in the trisomic area of chromosome 5

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Holzman PS, Kringlen E, Matthysse S, Flanagan SD, Lipton RB, Cramer G, Levin S, Lange K, Levy DL:  A single dominant gene can account for eye tracking dysfunctions and schizophrenia in offspring of discordant twins . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1988;;45:641-647.
Bassett AS, McGillivray BC, Jones BD, Panzar JT:  Partial trisomy chromosome 5 cosegregating with schizophrenia . Lancet 1988;;1:799-801.
Iacono WG, Tuason VB, Johnson RA:  Dissociation of smooth pursuit and saccadic eye tracking in remitted schizophrenics: An ocular reaction time task that schizophrenics perform well . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1981;;38:991-996.
Iacono WG:  Eye movement abnormalities in schizophrenia and affective disorders , in Johnston CW, Pirozzolo FJ (eds): Neuropsychology of Eye Movements . Hillsdale, NJ, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc, 1988;.

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Holzman PS, Kringlen E, Matthysse S, Flanagan SD, Lipton RB, Cramer G, Levin S, Lange K, Levy DL:  A single dominant gene can account for eye tracking dysfunctions and schizophrenia in offspring of discordant twins . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1988;;45:641-647.
Bassett AS, McGillivray BC, Jones BD, Panzar JT:  Partial trisomy chromosome 5 cosegregating with schizophrenia . Lancet 1988;;1:799-801.
Iacono WG, Tuason VB, Johnson RA:  Dissociation of smooth pursuit and saccadic eye tracking in remitted schizophrenics: An ocular reaction time task that schizophrenics perform well . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1981;;38:991-996.
Iacono WG:  Eye movement abnormalities in schizophrenia and affective disorders , in Johnston CW, Pirozzolo FJ (eds): Neuropsychology of Eye Movements . Hillsdale, NJ, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc, 1988;.

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