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Preferred term

Munchausen Syndrome  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Hospital Addiction Syndrome
  • Hospital-Addiction Syndrome
  • Hospital-Addiction Syndromes
  • Munchhausen Syndrome
  • Syndrome, Hospital Addiction
  • Syndrome, Hospital-Addiction
  • Syndrome, Munchhausen
  • Syndromes, Hospital-Addiction

Note

  • dis symptoms fabricated by a person seeking hospitalization repeatedly; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY is available

Scope note

  • A factitious disorder characterized by habitual presentation for hospital treatment of an apparent acute illness, the patient giving a plausible and dramatic history, all of which is false.

History note

  • 68(64)

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • Munchausen
  • Munchausen-oireyhtymä
  • Munchausen-syndrooma
  • Munchausenin oireyhtymä
  • Munchausenin syndrooma
  • Münchausen
  • Münchausen-oireyhtymä
  • Münchausen-syndrooma
  • Münchausenin syndrooma
  • syndroma Munchausen
  • syndroma münchausen
  • Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009110

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