Delusional disorder and eye tracking dysfunction: Preliminary evidence of biological and clinical heterogeneity

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-58

  Campana, Arturo ^a   Gambini, Orsola ^a   Scarone, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delusional disorder; Eye tracking dysfunction; Frontal functions; Mood disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELUSION; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032570770     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(97)00106-0     Document Type: Article

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