Factitious sickle cell acute painful episodes: A secondary type of Munchausen syndrome

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 254-258

  Ballas, Samir K ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

factitious disorders; hemoglobin Munchausen; Munchausen syndrome; sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ASTHMA; BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN SC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0029906471     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199612)53:4<254::AID-AJH10>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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