title: Munchausen syndrome by proxy. The hinterland of child abuse.
abstract: Some patients consistently produce false stories and fabricate evidence, so causing themselves needless hospital investigations and operations. Here are described parents who, by falsification, caused their children innumerable harmful hospital procedures--a sort of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D008192:Deception; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006955:Hypernatremia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride