Author response: Munchausen syndrome by genetics: Next-generation challenges for clinicians

We thank Dr. Oliveira for the thoughtful commentary on our Clinical/Scientific Note.1 Dr. Oliveira raises the issue of the differential diagnosis of F68.1 (factitious disorder, Munchausen syndrome) vs Z76.5 (feigning illness with obvious motivation). Such a differentiation would indeed be relevant for further patient management.

Source: Neurology - July 17, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Zittel, S., Alvarez-Fischer, D., Schweiger, U., Klein, C., Münchau, A. Tags: WRITECLICK & amp;reg; EDITOR ' S CHOICE Source Type: research