About the Authors

María José Aparisi

Affiliation Research Group on Sensorineural Diseases, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria - La Fe, Valencia, Spain

Gema García-García

Affiliation Research Group on Sensorineural Diseases, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria - La Fe, Valencia, Spain

Elena Aller

Affiliations Research Group on Sensorineural Diseases, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria - La Fe, Valencia, Spain, Biomedical Network Research Center for Rare Diseases, Valencia, Spain

María Dolores Sequedo

Affiliation Research Group on Sensorineural Diseases, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria - La Fe, Valencia, Spain

Cristina Martínez-Fernández de la Cámara

Affiliation Research Group on Sensorineural Diseases, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria - La Fe, Valencia, Spain

Regina Rodrigo

Affiliation Research Group on Sensorineural Diseases, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria - La Fe, Valencia, Spain

Miguel Armengot

Affiliation Rhinology Unit, General and University Hospital, Medical School, Valencia University, Valencia, Spain

Julio Cortijo

Affiliations Research Foundation of the University General Hospital of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, Biomedical Network Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Valencia, Spain, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Javier Milara

Affiliations Biomedical Network Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Valencia, Spain, Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University Clinic Hospital, Valencia, Spain, Research Unit, University General Hospital Consortium, Valencia, Spain

Manuel Díaz-LLopis

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, La Fe University Hospital, Medical School, Valencia University, Valencia, Spain

Teresa Jaijo

tjaijo@gmail.com

Affiliations Research Group on Sensorineural Diseases, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria - La Fe, Valencia, Spain, Biomedical Network Research Center for Rare Diseases, Valencia, Spain

José María Millán

Affiliations Research Group on Sensorineural Diseases, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria - La Fe, Valencia, Spain, Biomedical Network Research Center for Rare Diseases, Valencia, Spain, Genetics Unit, La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJA TJ JMM. Performed the experiments: MJA GGG MDS CMFC MA JC JM. Analyzed the data: MJA GGG EA RR MA JC JM TJ JMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EA RR MA MDL TJ JMM. Wrote the paper: MJA EA RR MA MDL TJ JMM.