Testicular function in patients with familial Mediterranean fever on long-term colchicine treatment.
Sperm counts and hormonal studies were carried out in six patients with familial Mediterranean fever who were receiving long-term colchicine therapy. The duration of therapy ranged between 7 and 31 months. In all subjects, spermograms, testosterone, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, and prolactin levels were within normal limits.
D000328:Adult; D003078:Colchicine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013737:Testis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood; D013997:Time Factors
D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary; D013739:Testosterone; D003078:Colchicine