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Esophageal intraluminal baseline impedance is associated with severity of acid reflux and epithelial structural abnormalities in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease

Chanjuan Zhong, Liping Duan, Kun Wang, Zhijie Xu, Ying Ge, Changqing Yang, Yajing Han

Journal of Gastroenterology · 2012 · 125 citations · 32 references

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Abstract

Patients with dominant acid reflux events and with longer AET have low baseline impedance. Baseline values are correlated with esophageal mucosal histopathologic changes such as dilated ICS and TJ alteration.

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