Prolidase activity and oxidative stress in patients with schizophrenia: a preliminary study.

Objective: To determine whether serum prolidase levels are associated with the etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia.

Methods: The study was conducted at the psychiatry outpatient clinics of the University Hospitals of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Afyonkocatepe in spring 2013. It comprised patients with schizophrenia who were consecutively recruited from the Psychiatry outpatient clinics of the hospital.