Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Adults: Environmental Risk Factors and Genetic Aspects of Premature Atherosclerosis

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 658-662

  Larsen, Maiken K ^a   Nissen, Peter H ^b   Kristensen, Ingrid B ^a   Jensen, Henrik K ^b   Banner, Jytte ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

APOB gene; Familial hypercholesterolemia; Forensic pathology; Forensic sciences; LDLR gene; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DENMARK; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 2; HYPERTENSION; INTRON; MALE; MUTATION; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DENMARK; EXONS; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; HYPERTENSION; INTRONS; MALE; MUTATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; OVERWEIGHT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, LDL; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860170141     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.02028.x     Document Type: Article

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