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Descriptor English:   Munchausen Syndrome 
Descriptor Spanish:   Síndrome de Munchausen 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Síndrome de Munchausen 
Synonyms English:   Hospital Addiction Syndrome
Hospital-Addiction Syndrome
Hospital-Addiction Syndromes
Munchhausen Syndrome
Syndrome, Hospital Addiction
Syndrome, Hospital-Addiction
Syndrome, Munchausen
Syndrome, Munchhausen
Syndromes, Hospital-Addiction  
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
DG diagnostic imaging 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
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy UR urine
VI virology  
Record Number:   9301 
Unique Identifier:   D009110 

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