Digital Infarction in a Patient with Raynaud's Phenomenon Associated with Treatment with a Specific Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor

Abstract

The authors report the worsening of preexisting Raynaud's phenomenon during treatment of depression with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, fluvoxamine.

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