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Factitious Disorders - General introduction to Munchausen syndrome, with FAQ, statistics, case reports, and definitions.
Surviving After Betrayal - Yahoo group for people who have been affected by adults with factitious disorder.
eMedicine - Factitious Disorder - Article by Todd S. Elwyn, MD, covers history, causes, symptoms and clues to recognition, prevalence, differential diagnosis, and treatment of this condition, which can be very challenging for busy physicians.
Dr. Marc Feldman's Munchausen Syndrome Page - Comprehensive site dealing with factitious disorders, malingering, Munchausen by proxy, and related conditions.
Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy Resources - Small collection of annotated links to news articles and other resources.
Julie Gregory - A personal account by a woman who experienced Munchausens by proxy. Includes reviews of published memoirs.
Parenthood Betrayed: The Dilemma of Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy - A doctor explains how this disorder affects families. From SelfHelp magazine.
Munchausen By Proxy - Information on factitious disorders by Louisa J. Lasher. Its arguments include harm to children by a parent.
Factitious Hyperthyroidism - No description
Hypocalcemia: Diagnosis and Treatment - Covers the clincal features, factitious causes, associations with chronic illness and thyroid surgery. From Endotext.

Munchausen by Internet - Munchausen by Internet is a type of factitious disorder which utilizes the Internet's easy access to a broad audience. The term was coined by Marc D Feldman, M.
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (, also spelled -koniosis) is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, "a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust found in volcanoes' but occurring chiefly as an instance of a very long word."Oxford English Dictionary online, Oxford University Press, quote listed in "Second Edition 1989" definition.
Henry Cavendish - Henry Cavendish, FRS (October 10, 1731 - February 24, 1810) was a British scientist noted for his discovery of hydrogen or what he called "inflammable air". He described the density of inflammable air, which formed water on combustion, in a 1766 paper "On Factitious Airs".