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Alexander Nowicki1 , Natalie Nowicki1 , Stella Nowicki2 , Alfred Samet<sup>3</sup> , Michal Michalik3 , Roger Su4 , James K. Fortson4 and Bogdan Nowicki<sup>2</sup> \*

1 Washington University of Health and Science, Nowicki Institute for Women's Health Research, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

2 Nowicki Institute for Women's Health Research, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

3 Medical Center MML, Warsaw, Poland

4 ENT Associates of South Atlanta, East Point, GA, USA

\*Address all correspondence to: bnowicki1949@gmail.com

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