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Letter to the Editor| Volume 42, e25-e26, July 2017

C-reactive protein, lipoprotein (a) and cystatin C levels increase with multimorbidity in older persons

Published:April 23, 2017DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2017.04.010
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