TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 170. Raynaud Phenomenon A1 - Klippel, John H. A2 - Goldsmith, Lowell A. A2 - Katz, Stephen I. A2 - Gilchrest, Barbara A. A2 - Paller, Amy S. A2 - Leffell, David J. A2 - Wolff, Klaus PY - 2012 T2 - Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8e AB - |PrintRaynaud Phenomenon at a GlanceAffects 10% of the population; 4:1 female–male ratio.Chronic episodic attacks of digital ischemia provoked by exposure to cold or emotional stress.Classified into primary (idiopathic) and secondary (underlying disease or cause present) forms; severity ranges from mild/benign to severe with loss of digital tissues.Connective tissue diseases—particularly systemic sclerosis—are the most common forms of secondary Raynaud.Both nonpharmacologic and drug therapies are used to reduce the frequency and severity of attacks. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56080095 ER -