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- Title
Cardiac Munchausen's syndrome.
- Authors
Dickinson, E. J.; Evans, T. R.
- Abstract
Ten years' experience of cardiac Munchausen's syndrome in the Cardiac Care Unit of an Inner London teaching hospital is reported. Thirty-six admissions in this category were identified and analysed, and 4 typical cases are described. The common presenting complaints, recurring features and the relationship with other forms of Munchausen's syndrome are discussed, as are possible strategies available to deal with this clinical entity.
- Subjects
LONDON (England); ENGLAND; MUNCHAUSEN syndrome; CORONARY care units; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge
- Publication
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1987, Vol 80, Issue 10, p630
- ISSN
0141-0768
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/014107688708001011