Colchicine and Leukopenia: Clinical Implications.

J Pediatr

Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address:

Published: September 2020

Colchicine is the mainstay of treatment for familial Mediterranean fever. We investigated the frequency of leukopenia in 213 patients with familial Mediterranean fever treated with standard doses of colchicine (0.5-2.0 mg/day). We found that 23 patients (10.8%) had reversible leukopenia, 3 moderate, and none severe and that their rate of infections was not increased.

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