Munchausen syndrome and factitious disorder: The role of the laboratory in its detection and diagnosis

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 194-203

  Kinns, H ^a   Housley, D ^a   Freedman, D B ^a  

^a LUTON AND DUNSTABLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CHROMOGRANIN A; IPECAC; LAXATIVE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; STEROID; SULFONYLUREA; THYROXINE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; BARTTER SYNDROME; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FECES ANALYSIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; THYROTOXICOSIS; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 84879437858     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563212473280     Document Type: Review

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