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Munchausen Syndrome

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Definition: 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.  dis symptoms fabricated by a person seeking hospitalization repeatedly; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY is available    Other names Hospital-Addiction Syndrome; Syndromes, Hospital-Addiction; Syndrome, Munchhausen; Syndrome, Munchausen; Syndrome, Hospital Addiction; Hospital-Addiction Syndromes; Hospital Addiction Syndrome; Syndrome, Hospital-Addiction; Munchhausen Syndrome

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