title: Munchausen's syndrome in a 4 year old.
abstract: From the age of 4 a boy repeatedly feigned epileptic fits. He later admitted that his mother had taught him that he was epileptic and had trained him to behave like that.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Barnet General Hospital.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Croft
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jervis
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D002666:Psychology, Child