PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Dalton, M. E. TI - Sex hormone-binding globulin concentrations in women with severe premenstrual syndrome. AID - 10.1136/pgmj.57.671.560 DP - 1981 Sep 01 TA - Postgraduate Medical Journal PG - 560--561 VI - 57 IP - 671 4099 - http://pmj.bmj.com/content/57/671/560.short 4100 - http://pmj.bmj.com/content/57/671/560.full SO - Postgrad Med J1981 Sep 01; 57 AB - Sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) binding capacity was measured in 50 women with severe premenstrual syndrome and 50 age-matched controls. The binding capacity was significantly lower (P = 0.001) in the patients. This finding suggests that the levels of SHBG binding capacity could be useful in the diagnosis and may help to explain the aetiology of the premenstrual syndrome.