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SUBMITTER: Thienemann F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7225439 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thienemann Friedrich F Ntusi Ntobeko A B NAB Battegay Edouard E Mueller Beatrice U BU Cheetham Marcus M
Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy 20200401 2
New and changing patterns of multimorbidity (MM), i.e., multiple concurrent acute or chronic diseases in a person, are emerging in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The interplay of underlying population-specific factors and lifestyle habits combined with the colliding epidemics of communicable and non-communicable diseases presents new disease combinations, complexities and risks that are not common in high-income countries (HICs). The complexities and risks include those arising from p ...[more]