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MeSH Heading: Munchausen Syndrome
Tree Number(s): F03.875.375.600
Unique ID: D009110
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009110
Annotation: dis symptoms fabricated by a person seeking hospitalization repeatedly; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY is available
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Hospital-Addiction Syndrome; Munchhausen Syndrome; Syndrome, Hospital-Addiction
NLM Classification #: WM 178
See Also: Health Services Misuse
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68(64)
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0014205
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Munchausen Syndrome Preferred Term
Term UI T027233
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1964); Syndrome, Hospital-Addiction
Term UI T027231
Date10/03/1995
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Hospital-Addiction Syndrome
Term UI T027232
Date05/20/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Munchhausen Syndrome
Term UI T027234
Date12/14/1978
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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