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January 2017
What is dementia?
What is dementia?
42,000
There are more than 42,000 people in the
Scientists are investigating how dementia might
run in the family. In a very small number of people,
certain types of dementia are inherited as a single
gene that directly causes the disease. People with
UK under 65 with dementia. one of these genes will usually get dementia before
the age of 65. Everyone else will inherit a
combination of genes that increases or decreases
their risk of developing dementia in much less
direct ways.
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