%0 Journal Article %T Munchausen syndrome by proxy: an unexpected cause of severe chronic diarrhoea in a child %J Acta paediatrica %D 1994 %A Carlson, J. %A Fernlund, P. %A Ivarsson, S. A. %A Jakobsson, I. %A Neiderud, J. %A Nilsson, K. O. %A Svensson, M. %A Swanstein, U. %V 83 %N 1 %P 119-121 %X A six-year-old boy with severe intermittent diarrhoea was subjected to extensive diagnostic investigation and treatment before the administration of a laxative (sodium sulphate) by his mother was discovered. Early suspicion and analysis of faecal fluid for electrolytes and known laxative substances would have prevented the hazardous clinical course of this case.

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