PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kirk D. Gulden
TI  - Pernicious Anemia, Vitiligo, And Infertility
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.3.3.217
DP  - 1990 Jul 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Practice
PG  - 217--220
VI  - 3
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/3/3/217.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/3/3/217.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med1990 Jul 01; 3
AB  - Though rarely encountered in women of childbearing age, untreated pernicious anemia has been found to be a cause of infertility. Once treated, conception often occurs within months. The case presented here is a woman who had a restoration of fertility after initiation of vitamin B12 treatment for vitiligo-associated pernicious anemia. Previous reports have shown the occurrence of pregnancy in treated pernicious anemia, but none has indicated the presence of vitiligo in the same patient. Pernicious anemia is a rare but treatable cause of infertility in women.