Munchausen's syndrome: A rare self-mutilation syndrome

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1288-1291

  Livaoǧlu, Murat ^a,b   Kerimoǧlu, Servet ^a   Hocaoǧlu, Çiçek ^a   Arvas, Leyla ^a   Karacal, Naci ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARM; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAST APPLICATION; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; SKIN GRAFT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; CITALOPRAM; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 51349138352     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34277.x     Document Type: Article

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