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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nicole Wootton-Cane

Man who died with dementia aged 24 leaves brain to science

A 24-year-old man with dementia who died over Christmas has left his brain to science.

Andre Yarham, who lived in Dereham, Norfolk, was just 22 when he went to the doctors after his mother Samantha Fairbairn noticed he was becoming forgetful or displaying inappropriate behaviour. He was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a rare form of the disease caused by a protein mutation.

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