About the Authors

Annette Thiel

annettethiel@yahoo.de

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Rebecca Kesselring

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Ralph Pries

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Alexander Puzik

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Nadine Wittkopf

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Barbara Wollenberg

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT RP BW. Performed the experiments: AT RK NW. Analyzed the data: AT AP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RP BW AP. Wrote the paper: AT.