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Elio Lugaresi (1926-2015): A founder of modern Sleep Medicine Cover

Elio Lugaresi (1926-2015): A founder of modern Sleep Medicine

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|Jun 2025

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Elio Lugaresi (07.01.1926-12.22.2015) Photographer: Paolo Ferrari, Archivio Ferrari, Genus Bononiae. “Collections of Arts and History, Foundation Cassa Risparmio, Bologna”.
Elio Lugaresi (07.01.1926-12.22.2015) Photographer: Paolo Ferrari, Archivio Ferrari, Genus Bononiae. “Collections of Arts and History, Foundation Cassa Risparmio, Bologna”.

Elio Lugaresi’s main contributions to sleep disorders

Propriospinal myoclonus
Restless legs syndrome
Periodic limb movements in sleep
Snoring as cause of hypertension and cardiac dysfunction
Sleep apnea
Links between snoring and sleep apnea
Hypnogenic paroxysmal dystonia/nocturnal epileptic syndrome/nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy
Fatal Familial Insomnia (sporadic autosomal dominant)
Morvan Syndrome
Delirium Tremens
Agrypnia excitata
Catathrenia (nocturnal groaning)
Endozepine stupor
Hypersomniac-hypo-ventilatory syndromes
Obesity-hypoventilation-hypersomnia
Primary alveolar hypoventilation
Slow sleep narcolepsy
Sleep and movement disorders
Startle syndrome
Hyperekplexia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bgbl-2025-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2956-6851 | Journal ISSN: 0373-174X
Language: English
Page range: 5 - 14
Published on: Jun 12, 2025
Published by: The Medical Library named after S. Konopka in Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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