About the Authors

Yalan Liu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Province Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Critical Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China

Chang Hu

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, The First Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, Hunan, China

Chang Liu

Roles Validation

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Province Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Critical Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China

Deyuan Liu

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation R&D Department, Genesky Diagnostics Inc., Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Lingyun Mei

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Province Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Critical Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China

Chufeng He

Roles Resources

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Province Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Critical Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China

Lu Jiang

Roles Resources

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Province Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Critical Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China

Hong Wu

Roles Resources

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Province Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Critical Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China

Hongsheng Chen

Roles Validation

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Province Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Critical Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China

Yong Feng

Roles Conceptualization

fengyong_hn@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China, Province Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology Critical Diseases, Changsha, Hunan, China

Competing Interests

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