PMID- 12520858
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20030422
LR  - 20191106
IS  - 0167-482X (Print)
IS  - 0167-482X (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 4
DP  - 2002 Dec
TI  - Munchausen syndrome in obstetrics and gynecology.
PG  - 215-8
AB  - Munchausen syndrome (MS) is a well-defined clinical psychiatric entity. 
      Furthermore, it is a complicated and intriguing problem in medicine in general 
      and in obstetrics and gynecology in particular. The proportion of MS cases in 
      obstetrics and gynecology is rising. This review covers relevant reports from the 
      last four decades. Emphasis is put on the clinical expression of MS cases in 
      obstetrics and gynecology. A discussion about their validity as such is included. 
      Awareness of attending physicians to this type of illness in the era of patient 
      rights, on the one hand, and the existence of defensive medicine on the other, is 
      crucial.
FAU - Rabinerson, D
AU  - Rabinerson D
AD  - Department of Gynecology, Rabin Medical Center, Golda Campus, Petah Tiqva 49372, 
      Israel.
FAU - Kaplan, B
AU  - Kaplan B
FAU - Orvieto, R
AU  - Orvieto R
FAU - Dekel, A
AU  - Dekel A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - England
TA  - J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol
JT  - Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology
JID - 8308648
SB  - IM
MH  - Abdominal Pain/economics/pathology
MH  - Dermatitis/economics/psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Gynecology/*economics/*methods
MH  - Health Care Costs
MH  - Hospitalization/economics/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Munchausen Syndrome/economics/*psychology
MH  - Obstetrics/*economics/*methods
MH  - Patient Admission/economics/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Self-Injurious Behavior/economics/psychology
RF  - 30
EDAT- 2003/01/11 04:00
MHDA- 2003/04/23 05:00
CRDT- 2003/01/11 04:00
PHST- 2003/01/11 04:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/04/23 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/01/11 04:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.3109/01674820209074675 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol. 2002 Dec;23(4):215-8. doi: 
      10.3109/01674820209074675.