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Munchausen Syndrome

Known as: Syndrome, Hospital-Addiction, Syndrome, Munchausen, Syndrome, Munchhausen 
A factitious disorder characterized by habitual presentation for hospital treatment of an apparent acute illness, the patient giving a plausible and… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
What can we learn from the Dutch cannabis coffeeshop system?
AIMS To examine the empirical consequences of officially tolerated retail sales of cannabis in the Netherlands, and possible… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Fibroblast Growth Factor‐23 Is Regulated by 1α,25‐Dihydroxyvitamin D
Serum FGF‐23 regulation was studied in patients with hypoparathyroidism or pseudohypoparathyroidism treated with calcitriol… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Are non-substance-related addictions really addictions?
here are purists among psychiatristswho claim that addiction must involvethe self-administration of an agent to alterthe… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2) haplotypes and the defense style questionnaire in substance abuse, Tourette syndrome, and controls
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Long-term Follow-up of Clients of High- and Low-Dose Methadone Programs: Dr McGlothlin died shortly after this article was accepted. For the field and for many colleagues it is a loss that is keenly…
• A six- to seven-year follow-up of 1971-1973 admissions to three methadone hydrochloride maintenance programs was conducted… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Cigarette smoking as a dependence process.
ed from Turner, J.A.M.; Sillett, R.W.; and McNichol, M.W. Effect of carboxyhaemoglobin and plasma nicotine concentrations in… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Heroin addiction and the role of methadone in its treatment.
Tolerance and physical dependence, although important in the addicted state, cannot account for the central problem of addiction… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Narcotic addiction in females: a race comparison.
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Twelve-year follow-up of New York narcotic addicts. II. The natural history of a chronic disease.
ALTHOUGH narcotic addiction often manifests itself as a social problem, its medical and psychiatric ramifications suggest that it… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
A FOLLOW-UP OF NARCOTIC ADDICTS; MORTALITY, RELAPSE AND ABSTINENCE.
Kentucky residents who were treated for narcotic addiction at the U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky… 
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