Munchausen's syndrome - More common than we realise?

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Doherty, A M ^a   Sheehan, J D ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FALLING; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME;

EID: 77954389648     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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