About the Authors

Yoo Seob Shin

Contributed equally to this work with: Yoo Seob Shin, Hyang Ae Shin

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea

Hyang Ae Shin

Contributed equally to this work with: Yoo Seob Shin, Hyang Ae Shin

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Republic of Korea

Sung Un Kang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea

Jang Hee Kim

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea

Young-Taek Oh

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea

Keun Hyung Park

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea

Chul-Ho Kim

ostium@ajou.ac.kr

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHK. Performed the experiments: HAS SUK. Analyzed the data: JHK YTO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KHP. Wrote the paper: YSS.