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Munchausen's syndrome by proxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

A. Markantonakis*
Affiliation:
The Institute of Family Psychiatry, The Ipswich Hospital, 23 Henly Road, Ipswich IP1 3TF
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Abstract

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