About the Authors
- Daisuke Mizokami
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
- Koji Araki
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* E-mail: kojaraki@ndmc.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
- Nobuaki Tanaka
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
- Hiroshi Suzuki
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
- Masayuki Tomifuji
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
- Taku Yamashita
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
- Yasuji Ueda
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Affiliation DNAVEC Corporation, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Hideaki Shimada
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Ota-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Kazuyuki Matsushita
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Diagnosis (F8), Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan
- Akihiro Shiotani
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
Competing Interests
YU is an employee of DNAVEC Corporation. The other authors declare no competing interest. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DM KA AS. Performed the experiments: DM KA NT HS. Analyzed the data: DM KA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YU. Wrote the paper: DM KA. Edited the manuscript: MT TY AS HS KM.