Brian McArdle

Brian McArdle (9 April 1911 – 1 August 2002) was a British medical doctor and researcher,^[1] best known for first describing glycogen storage disease type V in his 1951 paper, while working at Guy's Hospital.^[2]

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

The paper, titled Myopathy due to a defect in muscle glycogen breakdown,^[3] 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 as McArdle's disease.^[2]