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NIHR Imperial BRC Multiple Long-Term Conditions
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{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Multimorbidity or the coexistence of two or more health conditions in an individual has been overlooked as an important cause of early death and disability. The focus of most epidemiological, mechanistic, and therapeutic research has been on single diseases (whether non-communicable or communicable) or a few groups of diseases known to be causally related (e.g. hypercholesterolaemia, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease). However, there has been little attention to other disease clusters, such as those involving common communicable diseases (e.g. influenza), common chronic physical conditions (e.g. hypertension) and common mental illnesses (e.g. depression)."}]}]}
