Effect of Chlorpromazine on Excretion of 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid in a Patient with Malignant Carcinoid
- 1 October 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 93 (1), 100-102
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-93-22675
Abstract
A marked fall in urinary 5-HIAA excretion followed administration of chlorpromazine to a patient with known malignant carcinoid. Intestinal hypermotility, one manifestation of the so-called "carcinoid syndrome" was likewise suppressed during administration of the drug.Keywords
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