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Munchausen syndrome in the emergency department mostly difficult, sometimes easy to diagnose: a case report and review of the literature

Munchausen syndrome is a rare psychiatric disorder in which patients inflict on themselves an illness or injury for the primary purpose of assuming the sick role. Because these patients can present with many different complaints and clinical symptoms, diagnosis is often made at a later stage of hosp...

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Autores principales: Lauwers, Rinaldo, Van De Winkel, Nele, Vanderbruggen, Nathalie, Hubloue, Ives
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2781794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19909508
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-4-38