Fatality caused by self-bloodletting in a patient with factitious anemia

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-148

  Hirayama, Yasuo ^a   Sakamaki, Sumio ^a   Tsuji, Yasushi ^a   Sagawa, Tamotsu ^b   Takayanagi, Norihiro ^a   Chiba, Hiroki ^b   Matsunaga, Takuya ^b   Kato, Junji ^b   Niitsu, Yoshiro ^b  

^a Higashi Sapporo Hospital   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; IRON; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BORDERLINE STATE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHLEBOTOMY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0041387607     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02983383     Document Type: Article

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