Neuropsychological Outcomes of Neonatal Herpes Encephalitis
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Neonatal herpes encephalitis.
An article on neonatal herpes encephalitis in the September jOctober 1985 issue of the AJNR [1] could have benefited from a greater awareness of the literature. The authors speculated about the increased density of the cortical gyri, but neglected to mention one proven cause of this, for example, retained contrast medium [2]. This lack of awareness also resulted in a significant omission in the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 2008
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-22-10-2