Rezső Bálint (physician)

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Rezső Bálint
Rezsö Bálint.jpg
Born(1874-10-22)22 October 1874
Died23 May 1929(1929-05-23) (aged 54)
Alma materUniversity of Budapest
Known forBálint's syndrome
Scientific career
Fieldsneurology, internal medicine
InstitutionsUniversity of Budapest

Rezső Bálint (October 22, 1874 – May 23, 1929) was a Hungarian neurologist and psychiatrist. He discovered Bálint's syndrome.[1]

Bálint studied medicine in Budapest, graduating in 1897. He habilitated in 1910, became extraordinary professor in 1914 and full professor in 1917. He died of thyroid cancer in 1929.[2]

Selected works[]

  • Ueber das Verhalten der Patellarreflexe bei hohen Querschnittsmyelitiden, 1901
  • Seelenlähmung des “Schauens”, optische Ataxie, räumliche Störung der Aufmerksamkeit, 1909 doi:10.1159/000210464
  • Diaetetikai vezérfonal. Budapest, 1924
  • A cukorbetegség és az inzulin. Budapest, 1927
  • Ulcusproblem und Säurebasengleichgewicht. Berlin, 1927.
  • Gewebsproliferation und Säurebasengleichgewicht. Pathologie und Klinik in Einzeldarstellungen. 1930.

References[]

  1. ^ Rezsö (Rudolf) Bálint (www.whonamedit.com)
  2. ^ Husain, M.; Stein, J. (1988). "Rezsö Bálint and his most celebrated case". Archives of Neurology. 45 (1): 89–93. doi:10.1001/archneur.1988.00520250095029. PMID 3276300.


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