About the Authors

Chin-Chuan Su

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Science, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

Kuan-I Lee

Affiliation Department of Emergency, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan

Mu-Kuan Chen

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

Chun-Ying Kuo

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

Chih-Hsin Tang

shinghwaliu@ntu.edu.tw (SHL); chtang@mail.cmu.edu.tw (CHT)

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Science, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Shing Hwa Liu

shinghwaliu@ntu.edu.tw (SHL); chtang@mail.cmu.edu.tw (CHT)

Affiliations Institute of Toxicology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CHT SHL. Data curation: CCS KIL. Formal analysis: CCS. Funding acquisition: CCS SHL. Investigation: CCS KIL MKC CYK. Methodology: CCS KIL. Project administration: CHT SHL. Resources: CCS SHL. Software: MKC. Supervision: CHT SHL. Validation: CHT SHL. Visualization: SHL. Writing – original draft: CCS. Writing – review & editing: SHL.