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 Materials and Methods section. The timing of serial CT scans and whether contrast material were administered were not well documented. This article could have been improved if such pertinent data had been included and if the pertinent literature had been cited.