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. 2015 Apr 21;12(4):e1001812.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001812. eCollection 2015 Apr.

Research priorities to improve the management of acute malnutrition in infants aged less than six months (MAMI)

Chloe Angood  1 , Marie McGrath  1 , Sagar Mehta  2 , Martha Mwangome  3 , Mary Lung'aho  4 , Dominique Roberfroid  5 , Abigail Perry  6 , Caroline Wilkinson  7 , Anne-Dominique Israel  8 , Cecile Bizouerne  8 , Rukhsana Haider  9 , Andrew Seal  10 , James A Berkley  11 , Marko Kerac  12 ; MAMI Working Group Collaborators
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Research priorities to improve the management of acute malnutrition in infants aged less than six months (MAMI)

Chloe Angood et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

By engaging expert opinion, Marko Kerac and colleagues set research priorities for the management of acute malnutrition in infants.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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