Raynaud's disease among women and girls.

FROM January 1920 to December 1945, inclusive, Raynaud's disease, Raynaud's phenomenon, or questionable Raynaud's disease was diagnosed in 756 female patients at the Mayo Clinic. Data gleaned from a critical review of the clinical records and from follow-up questionnaires constitute the basis for the present report. In 1945 Hines and Christensen,' in a similar study of Raynaud's disease among men, reported that 77 per cent of patients with Raynaud's disease or Raynaud's phenomenon at the Mayo Clinic were women.