About the Authors
- Xue Gao
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¶XG and GJW are co-first authors on this work.
Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, P. R. China, Department of Otolaryngology, Hainan Branch of PLA General Hospital, Sanya, P. R. China, Department of Otolaryngology, the Second Artillery General Hospital, Beijing, P. R. China
- Guo-Jian Wang
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¶XG and GJW are co-first authors on this work.
Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, P. R. China, Department of Otolaryngology, Hainan Branch of PLA General Hospital, Sanya, P. R. China
- Yong-Yi Yuan
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, P. R. China
- Feng Xin
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, P. R. China
- Ming-Yu Han
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Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, P. R. China, Department of Otolaryngology, Hainan Branch of PLA General Hospital, Sanya, P. R. China
- Jing-Qiao Lu
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Hui Zhao
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Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, P. R. China, Department of Otolaryngology, Hainan Branch of PLA General Hospital, Sanya, P. R. China
- Fei Yu
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, P. R. China
- Jin-Cao Xu
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, the Second Artillery General Hospital, Beijing, P. R. China
- Mei-Guang Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, the Second Artillery General Hospital, Beijing, P. R. China
- Jiang Dong
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Affiliation Xi’an Research Institute of Hi_tech, Hongqing, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P. R. China
- Xi Lin
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* E-mail: daipu301@vip.sina.com (PD); xlin2@emory.edu (XL)
Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Pu Dai
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* E-mail: daipu301@vip.sina.com (PD); xlin2@emory.edu (XL)
Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, P. R. China, Department of Otolaryngology, Hainan Branch of PLA General Hospital, Sanya, P. R. China
Competing Interests
All authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: XG PD XL. Performed the experiments: XG GJW YYY FX. Analyzed the data: MYH HZ FY JD JQL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCX MGZ. Wrote the paper: XG PD XL.