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Utility of proximal mean nocturnal basal impedance in gastroesophageal reflux disease—A preliminary experience

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SKP contributed to data collection and writing original draft; KS contributed to conceptualization, validation, supervision and writing review and editing; RM contributed to formal analysis; PM contributed to supervision, validation and editing the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Kuppusamy Senthamizhselvan.

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Prajapati, S.K., Senthamizhselvan, K., Murugesan, R. et al. Utility of proximal mean nocturnal basal impedance in gastroesophageal reflux disease—A preliminary experience. Indian J Gastroenterol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12664-024-01573-7

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