Citation

Schreier HA, Libow JA. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 1993; 63(2): 318-321.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Oakland, Calif.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8484438

Abstract

A review of the literature and a survey of pediatric neurologists and gastroenterologists yield data indicating that the prevalence of Munchausen syndrome by proxy is greater than is generally estimated. This possibility is further supported by follow-up data on siblings of victims, together with wide variability among practitioners in case identification.

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