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Evolution of Variants of the Munchausen Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Kenneth Sinanan  and
Helen Haughton
Kenneth Sinanan*
Affiliation:
St. John of God Community Psychiatric Service, Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Helen Haughton
Affiliation:
St. John of God Community Psychiatric Service, Cluain Mhuire Family Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
*
∗ Correspondence
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 148 , Issue 4 , April 1986 , pp. 465 - 467
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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