About the Authors

Mioko Fukahori

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

Shun-ichi Chitose

yonekawa@med.kurume-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

Kiminori Sato

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

Shintaro Sueyoshi

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

Takashi Kurita

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

Hirohito Umeno

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

Yu Monden

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

Ryoji Yamakawa

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MF SC KS. Performed the experiments: MF SC SS TK. Analyzed the data: MF SC KS SS TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC HU YM RY. Wrote the paper: MF SC KS.