Diurnal variation of spontaneous eye blink rate in the elderly and its relationships with sleepiness and arousal
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We warmly thank Dr. Ciro Della Monica for his precious help in editing the manuscript and Dr. Deborah Warton for her accurate revision of the text for English.
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