From the 1Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2Department of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
3School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
4Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
5Student Counseling Center, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
6School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
7Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
8Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
9Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
10Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Received September 17, 2022; revised and accepted December 29, 2022.
Funding/support: Grants from Tri-Service General Hospital Research Foundation (TSGH-A-111003 and TSGH-A-112001 to H.C. Chen, TSGH-B-111018 to W.C. Chien, TSGH-E-111236 to T.H. Wu, and TSGH-E-110240 to N.S. Tzeng); Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST 110-2314-B-016-043 to H.C. Chen); and Medical Affairs Bureau, Ministry of National Defense, Taiwan, ROC (MND-MAB-D-111117 to H.C. Chen and MND-MAB-D-111075 to N.S. Tzeng) have supported the study.
Financial disclosure/conflicts of interest: None reported.
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