Factitious disorders mimicking systemic lupus erythematosus

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-93

  Tlacuilo Parra, J A ^a,b   Guevara Gutierrez, E ^a   Garcia De La Torre, Ignacio ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE OCCIDENTE   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Factitious disorders; Munchausen syndrome; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME;

EID: 0033967006     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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