Sentence examples for les tone from inspiring English sources

GER occurs when gastric contents move into the esophagus as the result of transient relaxations of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), an abrupt decrease in LES pressure to the level of intragastric pressure unrelated to swallowing, or when the LES tone does not compensate for changes in abdominal pressure[ 1].

Figure 2: Signal transduction for LES tone.

Drug therapy to improve LES tone is generally ineffective.

Because of the poor LES tone and impaired esophageal clearance, free reflux usually occurs.

It is likely that this residual pressure represents the myogenic contribution to LES tone.

This flap valve mechanism reinforces the LES tone when gastric fundic pressure is increased.

While there were positive placebo effects on motor tone, the active drug was still significantly better than placebo for decreasing LE tone (p =.0006) and UE tone (p =.0007).

During the gent le tones of " Secret Symphony", smoke finally engulfs the vocalist, or more accurately swirling dry ice.

And then, in a mildly mischievous tone, Le Monde hinted that the Times was, like it, an organ of the great Centrist Consensus: "Nothing could be worse, in the uncertain period that began on September 11th, than to identify the American people as a whole, and the American press, with the policies followed by the Maison Blanche.

By setting the tone, Le Pen eluded the policy contest on issues she was less competent about such as the state of the national economy or the euro.

Using a populist tone, Le Pen presented himself as the representative of the people against the "gang of four" (RPR, UDF, PS, Communist Party), while the central theme of his campaign was "national preference".