Asperger syndrome associated with idiopathic infantile nystagmus--a report of 2 cases.
Asperger syndrome is a severe and chronic developmental disorder. It is closely associated with autism and is grouped under autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Various eye movement abnormalities in AS have been reported in literature such as increased errors and latencies on the antisaccadic task implicating dysfunction of the prefrontal cortex, impairment of the pursuit especially for targets presented in the right visual hemisphere, suggesting disturbance in the left extrastraite cortex. There are no reports in the literature of association between idiopathic infantile nystagmus (IIN) and AS. We report 2 cases of Asperger syndrome associated with idiopathic infantile nystagmus.
Kumar
Anil
A
Ophthalmology Group, University of Leicester, UK.
Sarvananthan
Nagini
N
Proudlock
Frank
F
Thomas
Mervyn
M
Roberts
Eryl
E
Gottlob
Irene
I
D000293:Adolescent; D020817:Asperger Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005133:Eye Movements; D006801:Humans; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008297:Male; D020417:Nystagmus, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*