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The aims of the study are to evaluate the causes of infertility and pregnancy outcome in FMF patients and to compare them with 2 groups: non-FMF patients with peritoneal female genital tuberculosis (FGTB) and normal healthy controls.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This is a retrospective study in which FMF patients with reproductive disorders were recruited from the National Center of Medical Genetics and Primary Health Care in Yerevan, Armenia. The patients with FGTB and the healthy controls with reproductive problems were recruited successively from a large gynecology clinic in Yerevan. Genetic analyses for FMF were performed using ViennaLab StripAssay.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The FMF group (211 patients) resembles the FGTB group (127 patients) regarding etiologies of infertility. However, <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> fertilization (IVF) success rate and pregnancy outcome were comparable between the FMF patients and the control group (162 patients). Infertility in patients with FMF was clearly associated with a more severe disease and a lack of adequate colchicine treatment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Colchicine medication and controlled FMF disease do not adversely affect the reproductive system and pregnancy outcome. 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