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Factitious Disorder by Proxy: Pediatric Condition Falsification

, MB, BS, , MB, BS, , MD & , MD
Pages 215-224 | Received 15 Oct 2007, Accepted 21 Feb 2007, Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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