[Attempted direct etiological treatment of Huntington's chorea. Case reports].

The Authors, referring to the actual biochemical hypotheses of the Chorea of Huntington and on the new prospects of treatment, report the experimental data relative to some therapeutic attempt on patients suffering from this disease. In two cases has been tested Bromocriptine, in three cases Bromocriptine with l-dopa, in three cases Piribedil with l-dopa, in four cases Haloperidol with l-dopa. Positive results of temporary term are obtained only with the association Piribedil plus l-dopa and in one case with the association Haloperidol plus l-dopa.

[Latent or masked depression and depressive equivalents. Presentation of 2 clinical cases].

The Authors present two cases of atypical depression with prevalently or exclusively somatic symptomatology. They discuss successively on the significance of latent and masked depressions and depressing equivalents, underlining the remarkable importance of the problem also for practical doctors and non-specialists. In fact, the presence of cases like this type is common and for a correct therapeutic statement an exact diagnostic formulation is indispensable.

[Electroencephalographic study of 150 hospitalized alcoholics].

The Authors compare the electroencephalographic findings and the tests of hepatic function in 140 patients with diagnosis of alcoholism. They notice the great percentage of normal EEG and the prevalence in the other cases of modest and aspecific anomalies. This findings is in accordance with most of the Authors who have studied this subject.