title: [Serotonin and the dumping syndrome (author's transl)].
abstract: The serotonin level in patients after a 2/3 resection of the stomach (Billroth II) is normal to moderately raised. Patients with a dumping syndrome show no significantly different figures for the excretion of free serotonin in the 24-hr urine. The level of serotonin in patients after gastric operation is regulated to normal or slightly raised values by increased serotonin production in the gastrointestinal tract whether a dumping syndrome develops or not. Knowledge of the serotonin levels is consequently of therapeutic significance because a dumping syndrome may exist with and without raised serotonin values.
mesh_terms: D004377:Dumping Syndrome / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012701:Serotonin / Q000652:urine*
chemical_list: D012701:Serotonin
vernacular_title: Serotonin und Dumping-Syndrom