title: Serotonin syndrome.
abstract: Serotonin syndrome is a potentially serious clinical condition. In this article, the authors put serotonin syndrome into historical context, discuss its pathophysiology, review in detail its clinical presentations, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis and treatment. Special attention is given to drugs that most often cause serotonin syndrome, and the gene polymorphisms involved in the metabolism of these drugs.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alusik
authors.affiliation: St. Elizabeth University of Health and Social Work, Bratislava, Slovakia, St. J. N. Neumann Institute Příbram, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Dagmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kalatova
authors.affiliation: St. Elizabeth University of Health and Social Work, Bratislava, Slovakia, St. J. N. Neumann Institute Příbram, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Zoltan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Paluch
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D020230:Serotonin Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy