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The Significance of Eye Blink Rate in Parkinsonism: A Hypothesis

Reuven Sandyk Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032; Department of Neuropsychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032
Pages 99-103 | Received 02 Feb 1989, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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