Citation

Baracchini A, Assanta N, Baracchini G, Raglianti P, Ceccarelli M. Minerva Pediatr. 1995; 47(3): 73-76.

Vernacular Title

Descrizione di due casi di sindrome di Munchausen per procura.

Affiliation

Istituto di Clinica Pediatrica, Universit

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Edizioni Minerva Medica)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7791715

Abstract

The Munchausen syndrome by proxy, or Polle syndrome can be considered as a form of child abuse in which parents falsify or even produce a real pathology in their children submitting them to frequent hospitalizations and pointless medical examinations. The authors discuss two cases and emphasize the importance of an early identification of these cases to avoid psychical impairments that inevitably stem from this "new" form of child abuse.

Language: it