About the Authors

Anulekha Mary John

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

George Priya Doss C

Affiliation Medical Biotechnology Division, Centre for Nanobiotechnology, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Andrew Ebenazer

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Mandalam Subramaniam Seshadri

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Aravindan Nair

Affiliation Department of Endocrine Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Simon Rajaratnam

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Rekha Pai

rekhapai@cmcvellore.ac.in

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Has interacted, treated and followed up these cases over 30 years: MSS. Has operated and followed them up for 25 years: AN. Conceived and designed the experiments: RP GPC SR MSS AN AMJ. Performed the experiments: RP GPC AE. Analyzed the data: RP GPC SR AE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR RP GPC AN MSS AMJ. Wrote the paper: RP GPC AMJ SR.