Abstract This paper applies a new approach to the identification of discourses, based on Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA), study discourse variation over time. The MCA keywords deals with major issue use identify discourses: allocation individual multiple discourses. Yet, as this demonstrates, also allows us observe in prevalence discourses texts patterns keyword co-occurrence. Metadata c...

Authors are requested to select key words from the following list. You may use plurals and adjectives for combinations like absolute pupillary response, centrifugal optic nerve, inter blobs, etc. If key words are needed which do not appear in this list, please underline them. For animal classification the Latin nomenclature should be used. p-mechanism A-scan a-wave aberration absolute absorptio...

It is generally accepted that acromegaly is often associated with hypercalciuria, but there are few reports on the frequency and the mechanisms of urolithiasis. Recently we consecutively experienced 2 cases of acromegaly with urolithiasis, and these experiences made us investigate the association between urolithiasis and acromegaly. Among 18 acromegalies from 1977 to March 1990 (10 males, 8 fem...

Nephrolithiasis, with a lifetime incidence of up to 13% (1–9), results in significant morbidity as well as substantial economic costs, not only directly from medical treatment but also indirectly through time lost from work. Approximately 70% of kidney stones are composed of calcium, generally combined with oxalate and/or phosphate (1,7). Hypercalciuria is the most consistent metabolic abnormal...

background: previous studies have demonstrated that patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (iddm) have a high prevalence of osteopenia.  hypercalciuria has also been well documented in human diabetes and many children with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus have short stature.   objective: to investigate the relationship of hypercalciuria and hyperphosphaturia with growth retardatio...