Diagnosis of Munchausen's Syndrome by an Electronic Health Record Search

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Van Dinter Jr , Thomas G ^a   Welch, Brian J ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY HISTORY; GALACTORRHEA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; TEXAS;

EID: 70349337691     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.03.035     Document Type: Letter

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