Age at Menarche, Growth Velocity, and Adiposity Indices in Italian Girls Aged 10 to 14 by Emanuela Gualdi-Russo, Natascia Rinaldo, Gianni Mazzoni, Simona Mandini, Sabrina Masotti, Stefania Toselli, Luciana Zaccagni

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Retrospective longitudinal analysis of the effects of postnatal weight gain on the timing and tempo of puberty and menarche in a cohort of Italian girls by Vittorio Ferrari, Simona Stefanucci, Marta Ferrari, Daniele Ciofi, Stefano Stagi, on the behalf of the Tuscany Menarche Study Group

“…Methods we evaluated data for 577 Italian girls born between 1995 and 2003. We collected the main auxological and clinical parameters, including age at B2 and at menarche, BMI SDS at B2 and menarche, gestational age and birth weight and Z-score change from birth weight (BW) to BMI at B2 and menarche. …”
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Unknown Dobrolyubov: Russia and Italy in the Life of the Litarary Critic by I. V. Tolokonnikova

“…Lyric poetry of the period is marked by his love to an Italian girl: he was torn by the desire to start a family life abroad and to continue his work in the magazine. …”
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Generation and characterization of CSSi016-A (9938) human pluripotent stem cell line carrying two biallelic variants in MTMR5/SBF1 gene resulting in a case of severe CMT4B3 by Elisa Maria Turco, Angela Maria Giada Giovenale, Giovannina Rotundo, Martina Mazzoni, Paola Zanfardino, Katia Frezza, Isabella Torrente, Rose Mary Carletti, Devid Damiani, Filippo M. Santorelli, Angelo Luigi Vescovi, Vittoria Petruzzella, Jessica Rosati

“…Herein, we report the generation and characterization of a hiPSC line from a 12-year-old Italian girl with early onset severe polyneuropathy with motor and axonal involvement, harboring biallelic variants in the MTMR5/SBF1 gene. …”
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A novel ELOVL4 variant, L168S, causes early childhood-onset Spinocerebellar ataxia-34 and retinal dysfunction: a case report by Yeboah Kofi Gyening, Keren Boris, Mignot Cyril, Richard S. Brush, Marie-Cécile Nassogne, Martin-Paul Agbaga

“…Here, we report a novel case of an early childhood onset and rapidly progressive cerebellar degeneration and retinal dysfunction in a Belgian-Italian girl who developed severe dysarthria and gait problems starting at about 3.5 years of age and progressed to immobility by 4.5 years of age. …”
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Sexting, Self-esteem, and Social Media: A Comparison among Frequent, Occasional, and Non-sexting Italian Adolescent Girls by Valeria, Valeria, Stefano, Nadia, Francesca

“…Our research involved 569 Italian girls (14–19 years old) who completed the following questionnaires: the Questionnaire on Health and Sexual Behavior; the Sexting Behavior Scale; the Multidimensional Self-Concept Scale; and the Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire-3. …”
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Symptomatic, Alexithymic, and Suicidality-Related Features in Groups of Adolescent Self-Harmers: A Case-Control Study by Alessia Raffagnato, Marina Miscioscia, Rachele Fasolato, Sara Iannattone, Perla Valentini, Eleonora Sale, Michela Gatta

“…The current study aimed to fill this gap by enrolling a sample of Italian girls (age range: 12–19 years) that included 63 self-harmers admitted to mental health outpatient services (clinical group), 44 self-harmers without admission to mental health services (subclinical group), and 231 individuals without an NSSI history (control group). …”
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