PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, cilt.27, sa.2, ss.116-124, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)
Objective: Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a severe form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) that was categorized as a mood disorder in the most recent version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders. In addition to a history of PMS, a PMDD diagnosis requires prospective symptom assessment for 2 consecutive menstrual periods. Although the effects of some oxidants-antioxidants were previously studied in PMS, their possible effects in PMDD remain unknown. Paraoxonase-1 (PON-1) is a new high-density lipoprotein-associated enzyme with many antioxidative effects. We hypothesized that assessing serum total oxidant-antioxidant and PON-1 levels could clarify the role of oxidant-antioxidant system in PMDD.