Evolocumab (AMG 145) for primary hypercholesterolemia

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 477-488

  Langslet, Gisle ^a   Emery, Maurice ^b   Wasserman, Scott M ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; evolocumab; hypercholesterolemia; LDL cholesterol; PCSK9

Indexed keywords

EVOLOCUMAB; EZETIMIBE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; PLACEBO; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LIPID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PCSK9 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; EZETIMIBE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; LIPIDS; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 84928639375     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.2015.1030395     Document Type: Review

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