Amino-acid-enriched cereals ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF) are as effective as milk-based RUTF in recovering essential amino acid during the treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children: An individually randomized control trial in Malawi

BACKGROUND: Ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) is used to treat children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Standard RUTF uses milk as the primary protein source, which makes the product expensive, and given the high worldwide SAM burden, having a less expensive effective alternative...

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Autores principales: Sato, Wataru, Furuta, Chie, Matsunaga, Keiko, Bahwere, Paluku, Collins, Steve, Sadler, Kate, Akomo, Peter, Banda, Chrissy, Maganga, Elizabeth, Kathumba, Sylvester, Murakami, Hitoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6086422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30096200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201686

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6086422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30096200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201686

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