'Munchausen syndrome by proxy' presenting as battered child syndrome: A report of two cases

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 679-683

  Sugandhan, Selvendran ^a   Gupta, Somesh ^a   Khandpur, Sujay ^a   Khanna, Neena ^a   Mehta, Manju ^a   Inna, Prashanth ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ERYTHEMA; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; NAIL DISEASE; PAIN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SLEEP; TIBIA FRACTURE; ADULT; BURNS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRACTURES, BONE; INFANT; NAIL DISEASES;

ADULT; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BURNS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; NAIL DISEASES;

EID: 77954198111     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.04188.x     Document Type: Article

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