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[The history of study of respiratory disorders of sleep]
Abstract:
The pathologic breath during sleep was mentioned already by ancient historians. The respiratory disorders during sleep and particularly the syndrome of obstructive apnea in sleep were described in details already in early 1970s. Only 20 years later they became widely approved as a wide-spread and significant issue of public health. The considerable portion of society and even medical society has no enough knowledge of this problem. The article attempts to present in details historical aspects of its development.
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