About the Authors

Hao Qin

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat–sen University, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, Sun Yat–sen University, Guangzhou, China

Jie Luo

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat–sen University, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, Sun Yat–sen University, Guangzhou, China

Yuan-Ping Zhu

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat–sen University, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, Sun Yat–sen University, Guangzhou, China

Hai-Li Xie

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Wei-Qiang Yang

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat–sen University, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, Sun Yat–sen University, Guangzhou, China

Wen-Bin Lei

leiwb2003@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat–sen University, Otorhinolaryngology Institute, Sun Yat–sen University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WBL HQ JL. Performed the experiments: HQ JL HLX WQY YPZ. Analyzed the data: HQ JL HLX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WBL. Wrote the paper: HQ WBL YPZ JL HLX WQY.