Endre Czeizel was a Hungarian physician, geneticist, public health administrator, and professor. He was a physician who graduated from Semmelweis University.
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Ferenc KállaiAlso won Hazám-díj
György CserhalmiAlso won Radnóti Miklós Anti-racist Prize
Géza BereményiAlso won SZOT prize
Dezső GarasAlso won Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic
György KulinAlso won SZOT prizeZsolt VargaAlso won Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian RepublicAbout this person
Endre Czeizel was a Hungarian physician, geneticist, public health administrator, and professor. He was a physician who graduated from Semmelweis University. He was known for discovering that vitamin B9 or folic acid prevents or reduces the formation of more serious developmental disorders, such as neural tube defects like spina bifida. He issued some of his English-language publications under the name Andrew E. Czeizel. He was the Hungarian Director of United Nations World Health Organization (1984-?). From 1996 thru 1998 he was the Director-General of the Hungarian National Institutes of Health. He died from leukemia following a successful bone marrow transplant after approximately one year.
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