Prophylactic bilateral radical mastectomy resulting from factitious disorder

Psychosomatics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 519-521

  Feldman, Marc D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROPHYLAXIS;

EID: 0035693973     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.42.6.519     Document Type: Letter

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