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cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) deficiency

Pathology: - deficiency in animals results in resistance to atherosclerosis [1], excess in susceptibility Genetics: - autosomal dominant - associated with defects in cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) Laboratory: increased HDL cholesterol

Specific

familial hyperalphalipoproteinemia

General

lipid metabolism, inborn error; lipid storage disease; lipidosis

Database Correlations

OMIM 607322

References

  1. OMIM :accession 607322