Munchausen syndrome by proxy abuse perpetrated by men

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 210-216

  Meadow, Roy ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Factitious illness by proxy; Munchausen syndrome by proxy; Non accidental poisoning; Smothering suffocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 0031901335     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.78.3.210     Document Type: Article

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