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AN abnormal urinary excretion of aromatic metabolites of tyrosine (that is, tyrosyluria) is well known to occur in scurvy. Recently, Robinson and Smith1,2 reported tyrosyluria in severe stress (spinal shock, burns, etc.) and various pathological conditions, in patients receiving an adequate dietary intake of ascorbic acid.
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ROBINSON, R. Urinary Phenolic Acids in Infective Hepatitis. Nature 194, 879 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194879b0
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