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Ahuja, N., Moorhead, S., Lloyd, A.J., Cole, A.J. (2008) Antipsychotic-Induced Hyperprolactinemia and Delusion of Pregnancy Psychopathology 49:2:163-167. Benner, P. (1985) A Phenomenological Perspective on Explanation, Prediction and Understanding in Nursing Science Advances in Nursing Science 8:1:1-14. Bianchi-Demicheli, F., Ludicke, F. (2004) Imaginary Pregnancy Ten Years after Abortions and Sterilization in a Menopausal Woman Maturitas 48: 479-481. Caixeta, L., Brasil, R., Vargas, C., Taveira, D., Caixeta, M., Verlaine, P., Caixeta, V. (2013) Pseudocyesis Study in Brazil European Journal of Psychiatry. Dafallah, S.E. (2004) Pseudocyesis and Infertility Saudi Medical Journal 25:964-965. Englander, M. (2012) The Interview: Data Collection in Descriptive Phenomenological Human Scientific Research Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 43:13-35. Gaskin, I.M. (2012) Has Pseudocyesis Become an Outmoded Diagnosis? Wiley Periodicals. Habek, D. (2010) Pseudocyesis in peri and post-menopausal women European Journal of Medicine 5:372-374. Hendricks-Matthews, M.K., Hoy, D.M. (1993) Pseudocyesis in an Adolescent Incest Survivor Journal of Family Practice 36:1:97. Hernandez-Rodriguez, I., Moreno, M.J., Morano, L.E., Benavente, J.L. (1994) Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting as Pseudocyesis British Society for Rheumatology 33:4:400-402 Jacobs, B. (1942) The Psycho-Somatic Syndrome of Spurious Pregnancy after the Menopause British Medical Journal p.3 Kornischka, J., Schneider, F. (2003) Delusion of Pregnancy Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers 36:5. Marusic, Srdan, Karlovic, Dalibor (2006) Pseudocyesis: A Case Report Acta Clinica Croatia. Moselhy, H.F., Conlon, W. (2000) Delusion of Pregnancy in Acute Psychiatric Ward European Journal of Psychiatry 14:197-200. Oguntoyinbo, A.E., Aboyeji, A.P. (2011) Clinical Pattern of Gynaecological/Early Pregnancy Complaints and the Outcome of Pelvic Sonography in a Private Diagnostic Centre in Ilorin Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice 14:223-227. Ouj, U. (2009) Pseudocyesis in a Rural South-east Nigerian Community Journal of Obstetric and Gynaecological Research 35:660-665. Paulman, P.M., Sadat, A. (1990) Pseudocyesis Journal of Family Practice. Seeman, M.V. (2014) Pseudocyesis, Delusional Pregnancy and Psychosis: The Birth of a Delusion Baishideng Publishing Group. Seffah, J.D. (2004) Sonography in Chronic Distension of the Abdomen and Apparent Pregnancy Nigerian Journal of Surgical Research 6:33-35. Sultana, K., Nazneen, R., Ara, I. (2012) Pseudocyesis: A Case Report on False Pregnancy J. Dhoka Medical College. Tarin, J.I., Hermenegildo, C., Garcia-Perez, M.A., Cono, A. (2013) Endocrinology and Physiology of Pseudocyesis BioMed Central. Yadav, T., Balhera, Y., Kataria, D. (2012) Pseudocyesis Versus Delusion of Pregnancy: Differential Diagnoses to be Kept in Mind Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. Yeh, Y.W., Kuo, S.C., Chen, C.Y. (2012) Urinary Tract Infection Complicated By Urine Retention Presenting as Pseudocyesis in a Schizophrenic Patient General Hospital Psychiatry 34:101. ONLINE (2011) ChangingMinds.org Retrieved May 2015 from: http://changingminds.org/explanations/research/sampling/snowball_sampling.htm [Accessed 21 September 2015] (2015) Dictionary.com Retrieved May 2015 from: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/couvade+syndrome [Accessed 21 September 2015] (2015) Memidex – Free Online Dictionary and Thesaurus. Retrieved May 2015 from: http://www.memidex.com/pseudocyesis [Accessed 21 September 2015] (2015) Oxford English Dictionary online. Retrieved May 2015 from: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/pseudocyesis [Accessed 21 September 2015] (2003) Pseudocyesis The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia 6th Edition. Retrieved May 2015 from: http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/science/pseudocyesis.html [Accessed 21 September 2015]