About the Authors

Li-Ang Lee

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan

Jen-Fang Yu

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medical Mechatronics, Taiouan Interdisciplinary Otolaryngology Laboratory, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yu-Lun Lo

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yen-Sheng Chen

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medical Mechatronics, Taiouan Interdisciplinary Otolaryngology Laboratory, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Ding-Li Wang

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medical Mechatronics, Taiouan Interdisciplinary Otolaryngology Laboratory, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chih-Ming Cho

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medical Mechatronics, Taiouan Interdisciplinary Otolaryngology Laboratory, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yung-Lun Ni

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ning-Hung Chen

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Medicine, Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan

Tuan-Jen Fang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chung-Guei Huang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan

Hsueh-Yu Li

hyli38@adm.cgmh.org.tw

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LAL JFY HYL. Performed the experiments: LAL YSC DLW CMC NHC. Analyzed the data: LAL YLL DLW CGH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JFY YLN NHC TJF CGH. Wrote the paper: LAL JFY YLL YSC DLW HYL.