About the Authors

Mirei Taniguchi

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Norio Yamamoto

yamamoto@ent.kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Takayuki Nakagawa

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Eriko Ogino

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Juichi Ito

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NY JI. Performed the experiments: MT. Analyzed the data: MT EO TN. Wrote the paper: MT NY.