|
Term ID: | 8283 |
Name: | Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy |
Definition: | A phenomenon in which symptoms of a disease are fabricated by an individual other than the patient causing unnecessary, and often painful, physical examinations and treatments. This syndrome is considered a form of CHILD ABUSE, since another individual, usually a parent, is the source of the fabrication of symptoms and presents the child for medical care. |
Alternative IDs: | |
ParentIDs: | MESH:D005162 |
TreeNumbers: | F03.875.375.800 |
Synonyms: | |
Slim Mappings: | Mental disorder |
Reference: |
MedGen: D016735
MeSH: D016735
OMIM: MSeqDR : Genes: | Phenotypes | | Disease Causing ClinVar Variants | | MSeqDR Portal | |
|