1. Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China.
2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China.
3. Center for Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China.
4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
5. Department of Endocrinology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P.R. China.
6. Thyroid Research Institute, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, P.R. China.