Abstract
SUMMARY.— The association of vitiligo with organ-specific autoimmune disorders has been examined with particular reference to pernicious anaemia. A significantly increased incidence of gastric parietal cell antibody was found in serum of sixty-two patients with vitiligo. There is now sufficient clinical and investigative evidence to suggest that absence of melanocytes from lesions of vitiligo results from immunological disturbance.
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