Twenty-four hour urinary phenylacetic acid was high in 12 acutely
psychotic schizoaffective patients (240.3 +/- 51.9 mg/day) and low in 16
acutely psychotic schizophrenic patients (53.6 +/- 15.1 mg/day). These
results indicate a biochemical difference between these two types of acute
psychoses and indicate alterations in phenylalanine metabolism.Abstract Teaser