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A little-known type of dementia leaves patients like Bruce Willis unrecognizable to their loved ones. These are the signs you have the gene... and why scientists believe one family holds the key to eradicating the disease

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Frontotemporal dementia is confoundedly rare; perhaps a few hundred thousand people have it worldwide, though that estimate is complicated by how difficult it is to diagnose.

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    A little-known type of dementia leaves patients like Bruce Willis unrecognizable to their loved ones. These are the signs you have the gene... and why scientists believe one family holds the key to eradicating the disease

    Frontotemporal dementia is confoundedly rare; perhaps a few hundred thousand people have it worldwide, though that estimate is complicated by how difficult it is to diagnose.