'An artefact gone awry': identification of the first case of nemaline myopathy by Dr RDK Reye
C Schnell, A Kan, KN North - Neuromuscular Disorders, 2000 - Elsevier
In 1963, Shy et al.(Brain 1963; 86: 793–810) and Conen et al.(Can Med Assoc J 1963; 89:
983–986) published the first description of a novel myopathy characterized by the
aggregation of rods (nemaline bodies) in the muscle fibres. This disorder was subsequently
known as nemaline myopathy. Dr Douglas Reye, an Australian pathologist, described a
patient with 'rod myopathy'five years earlier, in 1958. Here we present Dr Reye's original
description of nemaline myopathy, and details of the 'second opinion'which concluded that …
983–986) published the first description of a novel myopathy characterized by the
aggregation of rods (nemaline bodies) in the muscle fibres. This disorder was subsequently
known as nemaline myopathy. Dr Douglas Reye, an Australian pathologist, described a
patient with 'rod myopathy'five years earlier, in 1958. Here we present Dr Reye's original
description of nemaline myopathy, and details of the 'second opinion'which concluded that …