Disease relevance of Munchausen Syndrome

• This paper presents experience of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy in four families where symptoms and signs of seizures in children were deliberately fabricated or induced by their own parent [1].
• A woman with malaise and hyponatremia. Hyponatremia factitia (Munchausen syndrome) secondary to desmopressin use [2].
• Hematuria, flank pain, allergy to intravenous pyelogram dye and use of coumadin in Munchausen syndrome [3].

Psychiatry related information on Munchausen Syndrome

• The importance of transference and countertransference in Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy [4].

High impact information on Munchausen Syndrome

• Munchausen syndrome, depression, and the dexamethasone suppression test [5].
• The presence of concomitant epilepsy or Munchausen syndrome by proxy may increase diagnostic difficulty [6].
• Cardiomyopathy from ipecac administration in Munchausen syndrome by proxy [7].
• The authors report a case that offers insight into the diagnostic challenges of "Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy." Initial presentation with history of fever and later with intractable vomiting led to invasive and expensive diagnostic evaluation before confirming the diagnosis [8].
• We report a case of factitious disorder by proxy (FDBP), formerly known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy, in which 2 siblings were poisoned with diphenhydramine [9].

Chemical compound and disease context of Munchausen Syndrome

• Eighteen months later the mother was discovered while providing clonidine pills to the child; the mother appears to feature a Munchausen syndrome by proxy [10].
• A diagnosis of Munchausen syndrome by proxy was made after the demonstration of egg albumin, diphenhydramine and phenothiazine metabolites in her urine [11].
• Prednisone-induced Munchausen syndrome [12].
• Munchausen syndrome in a methadone maintenance patient [13].
• After the first 10 days of the child's hospitalization, the mother was identified as the source of brodifacoum, exemplifying the behavior described as Munchausen syndrome by proxy [14].

Gene context of Munchausen Syndrome

• We reviewed the English literature for the past 29 years and found only 8 patients with Münchausen syndrome who simulated SLE [15].
• SIDS, seizures or 'sophageal reflux? Another manifestation of Munchausen syndrome by proxy [16].
• OBJECTIVE: This article presents an updated review of the literature of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (Factitious Disorder by Proxy, MBP) [17].
• ABC of child abuse. Munchausen syndrome by proxy [18].

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