Factitious aortic dissection leading to thoracotomy in a 20-year-old man

Psychosomatics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-358

  Chambers, Elise ^b   Yager, Joel ^a   Apfeldorf, William ^b   Camps Romero, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 34347244939     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.48.4.355     Document Type: Letter

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