Douglas Reye

Ralph Douglas Kenneth Reye (/raɪ/ "rye"; 5 April 1912 – 16 July 1977) was an Australian pathologist.[1][2] In 1958, he discovered a muscular disease that was later named nemaline myopathy.[3] A brain disease he and his colleagues described in 1963 is eponymously known as Reye's syndrome.[4]

  1. ^ Alexander, J. M. (1978). "Ralph Douglas Kenneth Reye". Australian Paediatric Journal. 14 (1): 48. ISSN 0004-993X. PMID 356835.
  2. ^ "Reye, Ralph Douglas Kenneth (1912–1977)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  3. ^ Schnell, C.; Kan, A.; North, K. N. (2000). "'An artefact gone awry': identification of the first case of nemaline myopathy by Dr R.D.K. Reye". Neuromuscular Disorders. 10 (4–5): 307–312. doi:10.1016/s0960-8966(99)00123-6. ISSN 0960-8966. PMID 10838259. S2CID 38543084.
  4. ^ "Reye, Ralph Douglas Kenneth". University of Sydney. Retrieved 24 August 2012.