1. Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology Unit (F.K.K., J.P.A.I.), Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina 45110, Greece
2. Translational Research Center (T.Ak., H.H.), Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
3. Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes (T.Aw., S.Ka., S.Ku.), Department of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
4. Department of Pathology (D.A.C.), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
5. Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy (I.F., L.K., E.P.), Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
6. Department of Hematology (I.F.), Bone Marrow Transplantation and Blood Neoplastic Diseases, Medical Academy, Wroclaw, Poland
7. Shiraz Institute for Cancer Research (A.G.), Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
8. Institute of Biomedical Research (S.C.G., J.M.H.), Division of Medical Sciences, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
9. Department of Endocrinology (Y.H., I.M.), Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
10. Department of Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory of the Department of Forensic Medicine (R.P., M.C.), Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
11. Third Department of Internal Medicine (Yoshiy.B., Yoshio.B.), Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
12. Department of Internal Medicine (P.-W.W., R.-T.L.), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
13. Department of Endocrinology (T.B.), Medical Research Center, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland
14. Departments of Diabetology, Newborn Pathology and Birth Defects, of Medical Genetics, and of Endocrinology (T.B.), Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
15. Department of Molecular Diagnostics (E.I.C.), National Research Center GosNIIgenetika, Moscow, Russia
16. Graduate Institute of Medical Genetics and Department of Clinical Research (S.-H.H.J.), Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
17. Department of Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center (G.-H.R.O.), Namazee Hospital, Shiraz, Iran
18. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (M.T.), Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa-ken, Japan
19. Department of Medical Information (T.T.), Showa University School of Pharmaceutical Science, Tokyo, Japan
20. Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies (J.P.A.I.), Department of Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
21. Department of Biomedical Research Institute (J.P.A.I.), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Ioannina, Greece