Genetic cholesteryl ester transfer protein deficiency is extremely frequent in the Omagari area of Japan. Marked hyperalphalipoproteinemia caused by CETP gene mutation is not associated with longevity.

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Published in Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol on June 01, 1997

Authors

K Hirano1, S Yamashita, N Nakajima, T Arai, T Maruyama, Y Yoshida, M Ishigami, N Sakai, K Kameda-Takemura, Y Matsuzawa

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1: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.

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