The problem of differentiating between sudden infant death syndrome, fatal Munchausen's syndrome by proxy, and infanticide;Unterschiede und gemeinsamkeiten zwischen plötzlichem säuglingstod (SIDS), Münchhausen-syndrom by proxy (MSBP) mit tödlichem ausgang und infantizid

Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-246

  Häßler, Frank ^a,b   Zamorski, Henryk ^a   Weirich, Steffen ^a  

^a Klinik für Psychiatrie Neurologie Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie im Kindes und Jugendalter

^b NONE

Author keywords

Infanticide; Munchausen's syndrome by proxy; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ASPHYXIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXPERT WITNESS; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

AUTOPSY; CAFFEINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 34548462221     PISSN: 14224917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1422-4917.35.4.237     Document Type: Review

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