Thyroid Status and Sperm Abnormality Phenotypes Among Infertile Males Attending a Tertiary Referral Center in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study

Gufrana Afrin, Neelufar S Chowdhury, Sangeeta Mukherjee, Amit Chatterjee, Sabrina Amin, Rabiul Awal, Farzana Afrin, Sarah Ahmed

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DOI: 10.7759/cureus.115071
Published: 2026-08-24
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Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.7759/cureus.115071,
  title = {Thyroid Status and Sperm Abnormality Phenotypes Among Infertile Males Attending a Tertiary Referral Center in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study},
  author = {Gufrana Afrin and Neelufar S Chowdhury and Sangeeta Mukherjee and Amit Chatterjee and Sabrina Amin and Rabiul Awal and Farzana Afrin and Sarah Ahmed},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Cureus},
  doi = {10.7759/cureus.115071},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.115071}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Thyroid Status and Sperm Abnormality Phenotypes Among Infertile Males Attending a Tertiary Referral Center in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study
AU  - Gufrana Afrin
AU  - Neelufar S Chowdhury
AU  - Sangeeta Mukherjee
AU  - Amit Chatterjee
AU  - Sabrina Amin
AU  - Rabiul Awal
AU  - Farzana Afrin
AU  - Sarah Ahmed
PY  - 2026
JO  - Cureus
DO  - 10.7759/cureus.115071
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Afrin, G., Chowdhury, N. S., Mukherjee, S., Chatterjee, A., Amin, S., Awal, R., Afrin, F., & Ahmed, S. (2026). Thyroid Status and Sperm Abnormality Phenotypes Among Infertile Males Attending a Tertiary Referral Center in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.115071

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