Preferred Label : munchausen syndrome by proxy;
MeSH definition : A phenomenon in which symptoms of a disease are fabricated by an individual other
than the patient causing unnecessary, and often painful, physical examinations and
treatments. This syndrome is considered a form of CHILD ABUSE, since another individual,
usually a parent, is the source of the fabrication of symptoms and presents the child
for medical care.;
CISMeF synonym : Münchhausen; Munchhausen; munchausen's syndrome by proxy;
Wikipedia automatic translation : Factitious disorder imposed on another;
MeSH annotation : dis symptoms fabricated by person other than patient, usually a parent for a child;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factitious disorder imposed on another;
Origin ID : D016735;
UMLS CUI : C0085277;
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A phenomenon in which symptoms of a disease are fabricated by an individual other
than the patient causing unnecessary, and often painful, physical examinations and
treatments. This syndrome is considered a form of CHILD ABUSE, since another individual,
usually a parent, is the source of the fabrication of symptoms and presents the child
for medical care.
http://www.avisdexperts.ch/videos/view/8004
2018
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Switzerland
French
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munchausen syndrome by proxy
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http://www.amub-ulb.be/revue-medicale-bruxelles/article/le-syndrome-de-munchausen-par-procuration-1087
2015
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Belgium
French
journal article
munchausen syndrome by proxy
case reports
adolescent
munchausen syndrome by proxy
mother-child relations
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