Munchausen syndrome and Munchausen syndrome by proxy in dermatology

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 376-381

  Boyd, Alan S ^a   Ritchie, Coleman ^a   Likhari, Sunaina ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

factitious disorders; Munchausen syndrome; Munchausen syndrome by proxy; panniculitis; psychiatric disease; psychoanalysis

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; DERMATOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOREIGN BODY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE;

FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PANNICULITIS; PSYCHIATRIC DISEASE; PSYCHOANALYSIS;

HUMANS; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84904737499     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.12.028     Document Type: Review

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