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Brief report| Volume 24, ISSUE 6, P717-720, October 1988

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Blink rate on routine EEGs: Possible psychiatric significance

  • Nashaat N. Boutros
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    Address reprint requests to Dr. N.N. Boutros, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Psychiatry, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78240.
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    From the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Psychiatry, San Antonio, TX.USA
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  • John P. Hatch
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    From the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Psychiatry, San Antonio, TX.USA
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