5-HYDROXY-3-INDOLE ACETIC-ACID LEVELS IN INFANTILE COLIC - IS SEROTONINERGIC TONUS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PROBLEM

Authors
KURTOGLU S UZUM K HALLAC IK COSKUN A
Citation
S. Kurtoglu et al., 5-HYDROXY-3-INDOLE ACETIC-ACID LEVELS IN INFANTILE COLIC - IS SEROTONINERGIC TONUS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PROBLEM, Acta paediatrica, 86(7), 1997, pp. 764-765
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Acta paediatrica → ACNP
ISSN journal
08035253
Volume
86
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
764 - 765
Database
ISI
SICI code
0803-5253(1997)86:7<764:5ALIIC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Levels of 5-hydroxy-3-indole acetic acid (5-OH IAA), a metabolite of s erotonin, were studied in infants with infantile colic in order to inv estigate the aetiology of infantile colic pathogenesis. The study incl uded 16 patients with infantile colic and 10 control subjects. Random urinary 5-OH IAA levels of colicky infants were found to be higher tha n those in the control group. This finding suggested that high seroton in levels may be responsible for infantile colic.