Munchausen syndrome by proxy in Mexican children: Medical, social, psychological and legal aspects

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-262

  Trejo Hernández, Jorge ^a   Loredo Abdalá, Arturo ^a   Orozco Garibay, José Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Factitious disorder by proxy; Munchausen syndrome by proxy

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEXICO; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; OFFENDER; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MEXICO; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 80052114765     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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