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Balint Syndrome

Balint Syndrome HISTORY OF NEUROLOGY SECTION EDITOR: CHRISTOPHER G. GOETZ, MD Olivier Moreaud, MD n 1954, He´caen and De Ajuriaguerra proposed the term Balint syndrome to honor the Hun- 2,3 garian neurologist’s 1909 description. The syndrome is also sometimes called Balint- Holmes syndrome, to emphasize the role played by Gordon Holmes (1876-1965). Tradi- I tionally considered a rare occurrence, Balint syndrome usually affects the posterior parietal lobes bilaterally, and has been described after various conditions (mainly vascular, demyelinating, or infectious diseases). It is now increasingly recognized as a manifestation of degenerative de- mentia or Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease. While the interpretations of the cardinal symptoms may have changed during the last century, the initial descriptions of Balint and Holmes continue to be un- equalled in their authoritative detail. BALINT AND THE The stimulus elicited by any object in the vi- sual field is transmitted to the cortex. The pa- TRIPLE-SYMPTOM COMPLEX tient does not see consciously these images be- 2 cause his attention is focalized on only one of In his 1909 article (a German rewriting of them. a previous article in Hungarian, published in1907 ),Reszo¨ (Rudolf)Balint(1874-1929) Spatial Disorder of Attention describedapatientwithanunusualandstrik- ingdisturbanceofvisionandmovement.He identified the triple-symptom complex that Balintdescribed“fatigabilityofattention,that constitutesthecorefeaturesofthesyndrome. cannot be distributed http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Neurology American Medical Association

Balint Syndrome

JAMA Neurology , Volume 60 (9) – Sep 1, 2003

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American Medical Association
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Copyright 2003 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
2168-6149
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2168-6157
DOI
10.1001/archneur.60.9.1329
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12975305
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Abstract

HISTORY OF NEUROLOGY SECTION EDITOR: CHRISTOPHER G. GOETZ, MD Olivier Moreaud, MD n 1954, He´caen and De Ajuriaguerra proposed the term Balint syndrome to honor the Hun- 2,3 garian neurologist’s 1909 description. The syndrome is also sometimes called Balint- Holmes syndrome, to emphasize the role played by Gordon Holmes (1876-1965). Tradi- I tionally considered a rare occurrence, Balint syndrome usually affects the posterior parietal lobes bilaterally, and has been described after various conditions (mainly vascular, demyelinating, or infectious diseases). It is now increasingly recognized as a manifestation of degenerative de- mentia or Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease. While the interpretations of the cardinal symptoms may have changed during the last century, the initial descriptions of Balint and Holmes continue to be un- equalled in their authoritative detail. BALINT AND THE The stimulus elicited by any object in the vi- sual field is transmitted to the cortex. The pa- TRIPLE-SYMPTOM COMPLEX tient does not see consciously these images be- 2 cause his attention is focalized on only one of In his 1909 article (a German rewriting of them. a previous article in Hungarian, published in1907 ),Reszo¨ (Rudolf)Balint(1874-1929) Spatial Disorder of Attention describedapatientwithanunusualandstrik- ingdisturbanceofvisionandmovement.He identified the triple-symptom complex that Balintdescribed“fatigabilityofattention,that constitutesthecorefeaturesofthesyndrome. cannot be distributed

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JAMA NeurologyAmerican Medical Association

Published: Sep 1, 2003

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