| Brian McArdle | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 April 1911 Balham, London, UK |
| Died | 1 August 2002(2002-08-01) (aged 91) |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Describing glycogen storage disease type V |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Guy's Hospital |
Brian McArdle (9 April 1911 – 1 August 2002) was a British medical doctor and researcher, best known for first describing glycogen storage disease type V in his 1951 paper entitled Myopathy due to a defect in muscle glycogen breakdown, published at Guy's Hospital.
The paper described a 30 year old man with a history of exertional muscle pain and stiffness – symptoms that previous doctors had dismissed as psychological – but which are now attributed to glycogen storage disease type V. Since then, the molecular and genetic basis of the disease has been identified. Besides the disease's scientific name, it is also named eponymously after McArdle as McArdle's disease.
References
- doctor/2191 at Who Named It?
- ^ Richmond, C. (2002). "Brian McArdle". BMJ: British Medical Journal. 325 (7362): 497. doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7362.497. PMC 1124015.
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