Multimorbidity Patterns in the Elderly: A New Approach of Disease Clustering Identifies Complex Interrelations between Chronic Conditions

OBJECTIVE: Multimorbidity is a common problem in the elderly that is significantly associated with higher mortality, increased disability and functional decline. Information about interactions of chronic diseases can help to facilitate diagnosis, amend prevention and enhance the patients' quali...

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Autores principales: Schäfer, Ingmar, von Leitner, Eike-Christin, Schön, Gerhard, Koller, Daniela, Hansen, Heike, Kolonko, Tina, Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna, Wegscheider, Karl, Glaeske, Gerd, van den Bussche, Hendrik
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21209965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015941

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21209965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015941

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