Rezső Bálint (physician)

Rezső Bálint
Born (1874-10-22)22 October 1874
Budapest
Died 23 May 1929(1929-05-23) (aged 54)
Budapest
Fields neurology, internal medicine
Institutions University of Budapest
Alma mater University of Budapest
Known for Bálint's syndrome

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

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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