Munchausen syndrome in a mother and daughter: an unusual presentation of folie à deux.
The author describes a mother and daughter, both admitted to a major medical center on the same day to the same room, and both with a clinical presentation consistent with Munchausen syndrome. To the author's knowledge, this is the first report of Munchausen syndrome presenting as a folie à deux.
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Janofsky
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D012753:Shared Paranoid Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology