"Factitious Disorders" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Disorders characterized by physical or psychological symptoms that are not real, genuine, or natural.
| Descriptor ID |
D005162
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F03.875.375
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Factitious Disorders" by people in Profiles.
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Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage secondary to superwarfarin ingestion. Chest. 1992 Oct; 102(4):1301-2.
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Pseudomalabsorption of levothyroxine. JAMA. 1991 Oct 16; 266(15):2118-20.