About the Authors
- Su-Feng Chen
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Affiliation Department of Dental Hygiene, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Shin Nieh
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Contributed equally to this work with: Shin Nieh, Yaoh-Shiang Lin
* E-mail: niehshin1014@yahoo.com.tw (SN); yaohshiang@gmail.com (Y-SL)
Affiliation Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital & National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Shu-Wen Jao
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Affiliation Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital & National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chia-Lin Liu
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Affiliation Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chien-Hua Wu
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Affiliation Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Yun-Ching Chang
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Affiliation Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chin-Yuh Yang
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Affiliation Department of Dentistry, Shuang Ho Hospital & Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Yaoh-Shiang Lin
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Contributed equally to this work with: Shin Nieh, Yaoh-Shiang Lin
* E-mail: niehshin1014@yahoo.com.tw (SN); yaohshiang@gmail.com (Y-SL)
Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital & National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SFC SN YSL. Performed the experiments: SFC SN YSL. Analyzed the data: SFC SN YSL CLL SWJ CYY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLL CHW YCC. Wrote the paper: SFC SN YSL.