An updated Italian normative dataset for the Stroop color word test (SCWT).

The Stroop color and word test (SCWT) is widely used to evaluate attention, information processing speed, selective attention, and cognitive flexibility. Normative values for the Italian population are available only for selected age groups, or for the short version of the test. The aim of this study was to provide updated normal values for the full version, balancing groups across gender, age decades, and education.

A normative study of the Italian printed word version of the free and cued selective reminding test.

According to the new research criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, episodic memory impairment, not significantly improved by cueing, is the core neuropsychological marker, even at a pre-dementia stage. The FCSRT assesses verbal learning and memory using semantic cues and is widely used in Europe. Standardization values for the Italian population are available for the colored picture version, but not for the 16-item printed word version.

Electroacupuncture in fibromyalgia: results of a controlled trial.

Objective: To determine the efficacy of electroacupuncture in patients with fibromyalgia, a syndrome of unknown origin causing diffuse musculoskeletal pain.

Design: Three weeks' randomised study with blinded patients and evaluating physician.

Setting: University divisions of physical medicine and rehabilitation and rheumatology, Geneva.

Phase I trial of 4'-deoxydoxorubicin given weekly.

Twenty-six patients with various solid tumors entered a Phase I trial with 4'-Deoxydoxorubicin (Esorubicin, IMI-58), a new doxorubicin analogue. The drug was administered weekly i.v.