William Nyhan

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William Nyhan
UC San Diego School of Medicine

William Leo Nyhan (born March 13, 1926) is an American physician best known as the co-discoverer of Lesch–Nyhan syndrome.

Nyhan currently serves as professor of

and has served on a number of advisory committees, pediatric advisory boards, and research foundation boards.

Nyhan's areas of research span a variety of

transplantation
.

He is involved in the ongoing development of

lactic acidemia
.

See also

External links

  • http://health.ucsd.edu/
  • Lesch M, Nyhan WL (1964). "A familial disorder of uric acid metabolism and central nervous system function". Am. J. Med. 36 (4): 561–70.
    PMID 14142409
    .
  • Nyhan WL (1997). "The recognition of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome as an inborn error of purine metabolism" (PDF). J. Inherit. Metab. Dis. 20 (2): 171–8.
    PMID 9211189
    .