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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Julia Musto

Dementia in middle-aged people is hard to recognize. Researchers found a clue that may help

Proteins found in spinal fluid may be the key to understanding why middle-aged people develop dementia, say scientists in California.

Researchers at U.C. San Francisco say the critical molecules may be just that for people with frontotemporal dementia: the most common form of the brain disorder.

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