Exceptional Familial Clustering for Extreme Longevity in Humans

Thomas T. Perls, Maureen Shea-Drinkwater, Jennifer Bowen-Flynn, Stephen B. Ridge, Sammy Kang, Erin Joyce, Mark Daly, Stephanie Brewster, Louis M. Kunkel, Annibale Alessandro Puca

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2000 · 128 citations · 1 references

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Abstract

Four families highly clustered for extreme longevity are described here, representing the first report of clustering for this phenotype. Families such as these may prove to be helpful in the further understanding of the genetic contribution to achieving exceptional longevity.

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