A PCSK9 missense variant associated with a reduced risk of early-onset myocardial infarction

N Engl J Med. 2008 May 22;358(21):2299-300. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc0707445.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age of Onset
  • Cholesterol, LDL / blood
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mutation, Missense*
  • Myocardial Infarction / genetics*
  • Proprotein Convertase 9
  • Proprotein Convertases
  • Risk
  • Serine Endopeptidases / genetics*

Substances

  • Cholesterol, LDL
  • PCSK9 protein, human
  • Proprotein Convertase 9
  • Proprotein Convertases
  • Serine Endopeptidases