(1) The Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LES) is an autoimmune presynaptic disorder of peripheral cholinergic neurotransmission in which there is often an associated small cell lung carcinoma (SCC).
(2) The parameters of LES relaxation for both wet and dry swallows were similar using either a carefully placed single recording orifice or a Dent sleeve.
(3) (Observer, June 2013) Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet , 40 Current job: MP Nicknames: The harpist, "Madame Condescendante" (Bertrand Delanoë), "L'emmerdeuse" (Pain in the neck – Jacques Chirac) Campaign slogan: Une nouvelle énergie pour les Parisiens (A new energy for Parisians) Born: Paris Family: Daughter of a local mayor, granddaughter of a former French ambassador and great-granddaughter of one of the founder members of the French Communist party.
(4) What did surprise pundits was Hollywood's recognition of this unflinching Austrian film about ageing as a candidate for best picture, among such expected contenders as Steven Spielberg's Lincoln , Ben Affleck's Argo and Tom Hooper's Les Misérables .
(5) Case histories of two patients with hypertensive LES and normal peristalsis in the body of the esophagus are contrasted to that of a patient with a hypertensive LES and diffuse esophageal spasm.
(6) The surface activity of two surfactant preparations, Lipid Extract Surfactant (LES) and Survanta, was examined during adsorption and dynamic compression using a pulsating bubble surfactometer.
(7) The diffusion paths are calculated by a variant of the time-dependent Hartree approximation which we call LES (locally enhanced sampling).
(8) Multiple factors contribute to the production of esophagitis in gastroesophageal reflux (GER), but the respective roles of esophageal (i. e. lower esophageal sphincter (LES) tone, peristalsis) and gastric factors (i. e. acid secretion and gastric emptying) are not well known.
(9) Former president Nicolas Sarkozy, leader of Les Républicains, also responded to the attacks with a call for a security crackdown.
(10) As Les Bleus returned to Paris after crashing out of the tournament in the first round , the French leader also called a crisis meeting of ministers over the debacle in South Africa.
(11) In that context, the amount paid for late-career work like Women of Algiers is probably a good investment; while it has nowhere near the raw energy of early masterpieces such as Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) or the significance of mid-career icons such as Guernica (1937), in an international market where the artist’s name casts a spell on potential buyers, it’s a respectable piece that can be immediately identified as a “Picasso”.
(12) Manometrically determined LES length was increased after insertion of an Angelchik antireflux prosthesis but not by a Nissen fundoplication or sham operation.
(13) We recorded lower esophageal sphincter (LES) pressure and myoelectrical activity concurrently from the esophagus, LES, stomach, and proximal small intestine in unanesthetized opossums.
(14) A full marching band moved through a sea of umbrellas, playing the Les Miserables song Do You Hear the People Sing.
(15) It would have been better if Les Bleus had never gone to South Africa."
(16) Do one-day or shorter sections of the route between Les Houches and Argentière, or tackle the Tour du Mont Blanc, a strenuous 250km trail that takes in the most naturally dramatic slices of Switzerland, France and Italy.
(17) Les Cafeteras began the second half in similarly determined mode and the elusive Rincón sent a shot dipping fractionally over the bar from distance.
(18) The occurrence of gastroesophageal reflux after meals may be related to an increase in the rate of transient lower esophageal sphincter (LES) relaxations, the mechanisms of which are not understood.
(19) The pressure remains on other News Corp executives, with Murdoch's closest adviser Les Hinton flying into the UK yesterday.
(20) Pressure recordings in the esophageal body, LES and stomach were performed in 10 healthy subjects before and after caloric stimulation of the labyrinth.
Lues
Definition:
(n.) Disease, especially of a contagious kind.
Example Sentences:
(1) Lue-M3 is mainly a monocyte marker, and retinoids thus seem to induce a shift from monocytoid to myeloid differentiation.
(2) Differential diagnosis includes tulareaemia, cat scratch syndrome, lues, and foreign body reaction.
(3) Also, the average value was higher in the lues-seropositive group than that in the lues-seronegative group.
(4) About the cases of treated lues at different stages, in 23 samples with VDRL negative has been found no positivity at three tests used, while in 49 samples with VDRL positive 8 are resulted positive at 19S IgM FTA-ABS.
(5) In addition to the usual periosteal and metaphyseal bone lesions of lues, areas of focal lucencies and sequestra were present.
(6) Two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples--from 347 patients with various psychiatric and neurological disorders--and subsequent silver staining revealed two additional polypeptides (Mr 40,000) in 49% of 111 schizophrenics, 46% of 43 schizoaffective patients, 36% of 41 patients with affective disorders, 43% of 28 patients with multiple sclerosis, but not in 25 patients without neurological symptomatology, nor in 9 patients with Lues, and in only 2 of 25 patients with AIDS.
(7) A protocol of search and eventual control of these pathologies has been developed, in which lues, HBV and HIV infections received particular attention.
(8) The test can be a precious diagnostic tool since, beside allowing to decide the recovery from the disease from an immunological point, finds further applications in the connatal and neurological lues.
(9) Moreover, visual acuity is much better correlated with CS than with LUE.
(10) These findings have been rarely reported in early congenital lues.
(11) Abnormalities demonstrated on upper-gastrointestinal series and a positive FTA-ABS suggested gastric lues.
(12) The result of the investigation, performed on 58 patients, demonstrated a high incidence of serum positivity with respect to lues and HBV markers (the later infection seems to be due both to the sexual behaviour and to narcotic addiction).
(13) There seems to be a pattern of progression of ALS signs and symptoms based on area of onset with LLE involvement tending to follow RLE weakness, LUE weakness following RUE onset, and RUE involvement following next in patients whose onset is bulbar.
(14) c) The serological identification of the antibodies present in luetic sera, obtained by associating selected treponemal and non-treponemal tests (VDRL, FTA-5, FTA-ABS, CF-ATPS) enables us to correlate the serological data with the main biological phases of lues, even during the periods of clinical latency of the disease.
(15) The Lues tests were negative during pregnancy but a displacental transfer of pathogenic agents could be assumed.
(16) The antibody titer in serum to Streptococcus pyogenes L-form and Staphylococcus aureus L-form were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 28 patients with Behçet's disease, 31 patients with other uveitis (sarcoidosis: 10, Harada's disease: 5, tuberculosis: 4, rheumatoid arthritis: 4, lues: 2, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: 2, herpes simplex: 2, trauma: 2) and 16 healthy normal controls.
(17) These are: congenital changes, trauma, metabolic neuropathies, Meniere's disease, noise-induced hearing loss, lues, sudden hearing loss, and unilateral symptoms of undetermined etiology.
(18) The specimens were obtained from a 63-year-old white male with acquired lues.
(19) To identify the characteristic features of lues in patients infected with HIV, 402 HIV-positive patients were examined for serological and clinical signs of lues.
(20) The authors' experience shows that the following examinations are useful in the diagnosis of acute unilateral sensorineural hearing loss: the recording of acoustically evoked brainstem potentials, an otoneurological examination, a neurological examination to detect a possible centrally located reason for the hearing loss, serological examinations for lues, toxoplasmosis, Borrelia, and the virus KBR if there is any suspicion of a previous virus infection.