title: Pernicious anemia, vitiligo, and infertility.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Wilkes Family Health Center, North Wilkesboro, NC.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Gulden
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000752:Anemia, Pernicious / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology*; D012546:Schilling Test; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014820:Vitiligo / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D014805:Vitamin B 12