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Descriptor English:   Munchausen Syndrome 
Descriptor Spanish:   Síndrome de Munchausen 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Síndrome de Munchausen 
Synonyms English:   Hospital-Addiction Syndrome  
Tree Number:   F03.875.375.600
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   dis symptoms fabricated by a person seeking hospitalization repeatedly; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY is available
See Related English:   Health Services Misuse
 
History Note English:   68(64) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications DI diagnosis
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
US ultrasonography UR urine
VI virology  
Record Number:   9301 
Unique Identifier:   D009110 

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