Comorbidity, multimorbidity, polypathy - three views on the combined pathology

History of the development of terminology and concepts of comorbidity has traced. Terms as comorbidity, multimorbidity, syntropy and polypathy was analyzed in the historical and etymological aspects. These terms are often used as synonyms, but each of them represents different looking on a single ph...

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Main Authors: R A Gudkov, O E Konovalov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2015-12-01
Series:RUDN Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/medicine/article/view/3170