About the Authors

Korneliusz Golebski

Contributed equally to this work with: Korneliusz Golebski, Joost van Tongeren

K.Golebski@amc.uva.nl

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Joost van Tongeren

Contributed equally to this work with: Korneliusz Golebski, Joost van Tongeren

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Danielle van Egmond

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Esther J. de Groot

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Wytske J. Fokkens

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Cornelis M. van Drunen

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

KG, DvE, EdG have no conflict of interest. WF and CvD have received private sector support for research and/or clinical trials related to treatment of allergic and non-allergic rhinitis by Allergopharma, ALK-Abello, GlaxoSmithKline, HAL Allergy, MSD, Optinose UK, and public sector research support by InterUniversity Attraction Poles (Belgium), ZonMW (The Netherlands), and Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (EU). This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KG JvT WF CvD. Performed the experiments: KG DvE EdG. Analyzed the data: KG DvE EdG JvT WF CvD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KG DvE EdG. Wrote the paper: KG JvT WF CvD.