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cardiac sphincter gastric reflux gastroesophageal reflux disease gastroesophageal sphincter			A transnasal esophageal pH catheter with a sensor placed 5 cm above the lower esophageal sphincter recorded reflux events and the acid clearance time for each event, while polysomnography recorded reflux-associated arousals and awakenings. Sleep aid suppresses reflux-related awakening by Moon, Mary Ann / Clinical Psychiatry News When the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) that separates the esophagus and the stomach fails to close properly, the stomach contents--a mix of food, enzymes, bile, and acid--backwash into the esophagus, often producing the sour taste and discomfort or outright pain of heartburn. Treating heartburn and GERD by Klotter, Jule / Townsend Letter However there are times when the Lower Esophageal Sphincter does not operate properly, then acid from the stomach reflux into the esophagus. Acid Disorder Reflux Is It Heartburn or Something Totally Different.. by Ramshankar / Health, general community			lowbush penstemon Lowchen lowdown Löwe Lowell Lowell Jackson Thomas Lowell Thomas lower Lower Austria lower berth lower bound Lower California Lower Canada lower cannon Lower Carboniferous Lower Carboniferous period lower case Lower Chamber lower class lower classes lower court lower criticism lower deck Lower East Side Lower Egypt lower esophageal sphincter lower house Lower Hutt lower jaw lower jawbone Lower Klamath Lake Lower Lakes lower limit lower mantle Lower Michigan lower mordent lower oneself Lower Palaeolithic Lower Palatinate Lower Paleolithic Lower Peninsula lower rank lower regions lower respiratory infection lower respiratory tract lower respiratory tract smear Lower Rhine Lower Saxony lower school lower status Lower transit			Lower East Side, Manhattan Lower Eastern Shore Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Committee Lower Eastern Shore Research and Education Center Lower Eastside Service Center Lower Echelon Command and Control Lower Echelon Command and Control Battlefield Operating System Lower Echelon Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence Lower Echelon Knowledge System Lower Echelon Reporting Surveillance Module Lower Echelon Reporting System Lower Economically Developed Country Lower Egypt Lower Egypt Lower Elements Police Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District Lower Elwha Indian Reservation Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Lower Empire Lower Empire Lower Enclosure Assembly Lower Epidermis Lower Epidermis Lower Epidermis Lower Equipment Bay Lower Equipment Module Lower Erebus Hut Lower Esophageal Ring Lower Esophageal Ring lower esophageal sphincter Lower Esophageal Sphincter Length Lower Esophageal Sphincter Pressure Lower Esophageal Sphincter Relaxation Lower explosive limit Lower Exposure Action Value Lower Exposure Limit lower extremity lower extremity Lower Extremity Amputation Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention Program Lower Extremity Arterial Bypass Lower Extremity Arterial Reconstruction Lower Extremity Arterial Revascularization Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis Lower Extremity Edema Lower Extremity Equipment-Related Lower Extremity Functional Scale Lower Extremity Lean Body Mass Lower Extremity Mobility Disability lower extremity monitoring Lower Extremity Muscle Performance Lower Extremity Reversed Vein Bypass Grafts lower extremity suspension Lower Extremity Venous Ultrasonography Lower eyelid Lower eyelid Lower eyelid

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