Suffocation and poisoning - The hard-hitting side of Munchausen syndrome by proxy

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 98-102

  Vennemann, B ^a   Bajanowski, T ^c   Karger, B ^b   Pfeiffer, H ^b   Kohler H ^b   Brinkmann, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Factitious illness; Munchausen syndrome by proxy; Poisoning; Suffocation

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CLOZAPINE; DOXYLAMINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PROPYPHENAZONE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTOXICATION; MALE; MOTHER; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TOXICOLOGY;

ASPHYXIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; POISONING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 15244353604     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-004-0496-6     Document Type: Article

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