Pediatric condition falsification (Munchausen syndrome by Proxy) as a continuum of maternal factitious disorder (Munchausen syndrome)

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 572-578

  Kucuker, Hudaverdi ^a   Demir, Tevfik ^b   Resmiye, Oral ^c  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

AFD; Medical child abuse; Munchausen syndrome; Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy; PCF

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULINOMA; LETHARGY; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY;

EID: 78649772532     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2009.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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