YEREVAN, MAY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. A center for treatment of sleep disorders will be created in Armenia, which, probably, will start to operate in the second half of summer, at the Institute of Cardiology. As Noyan Tapan was informed by Chairman of Armenian League of Young Neurologists Samson Khachatrian, the center will have a modern laboratory diagnosing sleep disorders. In S. Khachatrian's words, currently study of sleep is one of the most quickly developing directions of medicine in the world and sleep disorders can cause brain apoplexy, infarct of cardiac muscle, as well as sudden death. As main sleep disorders he mentioned insomnia, stop of breath during sleep, well-expressed sleepiness during daytime. In S. Khachatrian's words, sleep disorders have not been diagnosed in Armenia so far and are still being left out of the focus of attention of doctors of primary link and narrow specialists. However, in his words, epidemiological study on main sleep disorders will be carried out soon and information materials will be worked out for both center's visitors and specialists.

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