About the Authors

Zheng Gu

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, PR China

Su-Ling Hong

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, PR China

Xia Ke

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, PR China

Yang Shen

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, PR China

Xiao-Qiang Wang

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, PR China

Di Hu

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, PR China

Guo-Hua Hu

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, PR China

Hou-Yong Kang

khydoctor@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZG SH HK. Performed the experiments: ZG XK YS DH XW HK. Analyzed the data: ZG SH XK YS DH XW GH HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH GH. Wrote the paper: ZG SH HK.