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Original Article

Paroxysmal Episodes of Rapid Blinking During Hallucinatory Activity in a Schizophrenic Patient: A Possible Mechanism Involving Pineal-Mediated ‘Fine Tuning’ of Dopaminergic Functions

Pages 95-97 | Received 09 Feb 1989, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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