History of the development of sleep medicine in the United States.
Sleep Medicine has only recently been recognized as a specialty of medicine. Its development is based on an increasing amount of knowledge concerning the physiology of sleep, circadian biology and the pathophysiology of sleep disorders. This review chronicles the major advances in sleep science over the past 70 years and the development of the primary organizations responsible for the emergence of Sleep Medicine as a specialty, sleep disorders as a public health concern and sleep science as an important area of research.
Shepard
John W
JW
Sleep Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. shepard.john2@mayo.edu
Buysse
Daniel J
DJ
Chesson
Andrew L
AL
Dement
William C
WC
Goldberg
Rochelle
R
Guilleminault
Christian
C
Harris
Cameron D
CD
Iber
Conrad
C
Mignot
Emmanuel
E
Mitler
Merrill M
MM
Moore
Kent E
KE
Phillips
Barbara A
BA
Quan
Stuart F
SF
Rosenberg
Richard S
RS
Roth
Thomas
T
Schmidt
Helmut S
HS
Silber
Michael H
MH
Walsh
James K
JK
White
David P
DP
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